Triton XXII, Lot: 800. Estimate $750. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ti. Quinctius. 112-111 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate bust of Hercules left, seen from behind, wearing lion’s skin, with club over shoulder / Two horses galloping left, a desultor riding the nearest one; • I above; TI Q below horses divided by rat to right; D • S • S incuse on tablet in exergue. Crawford 297/1; Sydenham 563; Quinctia 6; BMCRR Italy 569-71 var. (rev. control letter); RBW 1139 var. (same). EF, lightly toned. Well struck and a very difficult issue to find in high grade.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Mayflower (Sukenik) Collection (Heritage 3019, 25 April 2012), lot 23254.