Triton XXII, Lot: 894. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Coelius Caldus. 53 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.94 g, 7h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; to left, tablet inscribed L • D (Libero : Damno); C • COEL • C[ALDVS] downward to right; [COS] below / Radiate head of Sol right; to left, oblong shield ornamented with thunderbolt; downward to right, CALDV•S • III VIR and Macedonian shield. Crawford 437/1a; Sydenham 891; Coelia 4; BMCRR Rome 3833-4; RBW 1549. Good VF, toned, small banker’s mark on obverse. Excellent metal.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, March 2009.