Triton XXII, Lot: 914. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Lollius Palicanus. 45 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.04 g, 5h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Libertas right, wearing pearl diadem, cruciform earring, and a pearl necklace; LIBERTATIS downward to left / View of Rostra in the Roman Forum, ornamented with ships’ beaks and surmounted by subsellium (tribune’s bench); PALIKANVS above. Crawford 473/1; CRI 86; Sydenham 960; Lollia 2; BMCRR Rome 4011-2; RBW 1652. Choice EF, lightly toned with some iridescence, underlying luster.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 83 (20 May 2015), lot 439; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 452.