CNG 108, Lot: 516. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.97 g, 11h). Rome mint. Bare head of C. Coelius Caldus right; to left, signum inscribed HIS; below chin, boar atop signum / Veiled figure seated left on lectisternium inscribed L • CALDVS/VII • (VR) • EP in two lines; trophies flanking. Crawford 437/2b; Sydenham 895; Coelia 9; RBW 1551 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). EF, attractively toned, reverse off center.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.

This issue celebrates the achievements of the moneyer’s ancestor of the same name, who was consul in 94 BC. The left and right standards on the obverse refer to his governorship of Hispania Citerior (“Nearer Spain”) and his defeat of the Salluvii of Gaul, respectively.