452, Lot: 706. Estimate $150. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus and Q. Servilius Caepio. 100 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 8h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Saturn right; harpa to left, trident below / Two quaestors seated left between two stalks of grain. Crawford 330/1a; Sydenham 603; Calpurnia 5; RBW –. Toned with some iridescence. VF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Künker 23 (30 September 1992), lot 273.

This coin is unusually well struck with the often-missing symbol under the obverse head clearly visible, and with fully detailed corn ears on the reverse. [Andrew McCabe]