CNG 108, Lot: 497. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Papius. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (18mm, 3.87 g, 7h). Rome mint. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat-skin headdress; spathomele (spatula) to left / Griffin springing right; medical case(?) below. Crawford 384/1 (controls 142); Sydenham 773; Papia 1; CNR Papia 1/88; RBW 1412-3 var. (controls). Good VF, iridescent tone, a few minor marks.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.