Triton XXII, Lot: 900. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa Caetronianus. 48 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of young Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy-wreath; PA[NSA] downward to left / Ceres advancing right, holding a torch in each hand; plow to right; C • VIBIVS • C • F • C • N downward around left. Crawford 449/2; CRI 21; Sydenham 946; Vibia 16; BMCRR Rome 3976; RBW 1573. EF, lovely iridescent toning.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection.