Triton XX, Lot: 548. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.75 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head of Gallia right, wearing long, dissheveled hair; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) to left / Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus standing facing, laureate, wearing long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding spear in left hand and stag by its antlers in her right; SASERNA upward around left, L • HOSTILIVS downward to right. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Hostilia 4; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996-8; RBW 1570. EF, deep iridescent toning, area of weak strike at periphery of reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24807.