CNG 108, Lot: 517. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head of Gallia right; carnyx (Gallic trumpet) to left / Diana standing facing, holding stag leaping left by its antlers and spear. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Hostilia 4; RBW 1570. EF, toned, two bankers’ marks on obverse, scratch in reverse field.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.