389, Lot: 545. Estimate $500. Sold for $1555. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.99 g, 12h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; behind, signum inscribed HIS; below chin, boar atop signum / Veiled figure seated left on lectisternium; trophies flanking. Crawford 437/2a; Sydenham 894; Coelia 7. EF, attractive, old cabinet toning, a few scratches under tone on obverse, traces of deposits.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12867.