Triton XXI, Lot: 619. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Thermus M.f. 103 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.08 g, 9h). Rome mint. Head of Mars left, wearing helmet ornamented with plume and annulet / Two warriors fighting, each armed with sword in right hand and shield in left; the one on the left protects a fallen comrade; the other wears horned helmet; Q • (THE)RM (MF) in exergue. Crawford 319/1; Sydenham 592; Minucia 19; RBW 1174. Superb EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.

Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 509 (hammer $1900).