Triton XXII, Lot: 807. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Fabius C.f. Hadrianus. 102 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Rome mint. Turreted and veiled head of Cybele right, wearing single-drop earring and pearl necklace; E • X A • PV upward to left / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding reins in left hand and goad in right; below horses, • E and stork standing right; C • FABI • C • F in exergue. Crawford 322/1b; Sydenham 590; Fabia 14; BMCRR Rome 1599 var. (E • on rev.); RBW 1177 (this coin). Choice EF, lightly toned with underlying luster.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 604; RBW Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 61, 5 October 2011), lot 1172, purchased from Brian Kritt, May 1997.