Triton XXI, Lot: 646. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.95 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul Caius Coelius Caldus right; to left, tablet inscribed L • D (Libero : Damno); C • COEL • CALDVS downward to right, [COS] below / Radiate head of Sol right; to left, oblong shield ornamented with thunderbolt; Macedonian shield below chin, CALDVS • III • VIR downward to right. Crawford 437/1a; Sydenham 891; Coelia 4; RBW 1549. EF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22499 (Triton XX, 9 January 2017), lot 538.