389, Lot: 528. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Mamilius Limetanus. 82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (19mm, 3.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; to left, E above caduceus / Ulysses walking right, holding staff and extending hand toward his dog, Argus. Crawford 362/1; Sydenham 741; Mamilia 6. VF, toned, banker’s mark on obverse.

From the David Wray Collection.

The reverse of this type depicts the return of Ulysses to his home on the island of Ithaca. His dog Argus, overjoyed at the sight of him after years away, died at his side.