448, Lot: 351. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

T. Didius. 113-112 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.82 g, 7h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; Roma monogram to left, mark of value below / Two gladiators fighting, each holding shield, one attacks with flail, the other with staff or sword. Crawford 294/1; Sydenham 550; Didia 2; RBW 1134. Iridescent cabinet tone. Near VF.

From the Rye Collection. Ex Dr. John A. Sawhill Collection/James Madison University Foundation (Stack’s, 15 March 1979), lot 344 (part of).