Triton XX, Lot: 549. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Antius C.f. Restio. 47 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.96 g, 4h). Rome mint. Bare head right; RESTIO down left / Hercules with head left advancing right, lion skin draped over left arm, holding club aloft in right hand, trophy in left; C • ANTIVS • C • F • around right. Crawford 455/1a; CRI 34; Sydenham 970; Antia 1; Kestner 3569-70; BMCRR Rome 4029; RBW 1593. Good VF, deep iridescent toning, small die flaw in left field on reverse. Better strike than normal for this difficult issue.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10532.