Triton XXI, Lot: 622. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Social War. AR. 90-88 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.92 g, 12h). Bovianum(?) mint. Struck 89 BC. Laureate head of Italia left; Oscan viteliu to right / Soldier standing facing, head right, left foot on Roman standard, holding spear in right hand and sword in left; to right, recumbent bull facing, head right; > in exergue. Campana, Monetazione 125 (D88/R108); Sydenham 627; RBW 1218 var. (letter in exergue); HN Italy 407. EF, deeply toned. Fine style. Rare, particularly from this die pairing (Campana cites one from these dies).