CNG 106, Lot: 671. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Petillius Capitolinus. 41 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 2h). Rome mint. Eagle with wings spread standing right on thunderbolt / Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus: richly decorated hexastyle temple with three garlands hanging between columns; acroteria along roof line; in the tympanum is a seated figure of Jupiter between two other figures; S–F across field. Crawford 487/2b; CRI 174a; Sydenham 1151; Petillia 3. Good VF, toned, a bit of die rust on obverse. Well centered and struck for the issue.