452, Lot: 708. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

D. Silanus L.f. 91 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.96 g, 7h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Salus right; P below chin; all within torque / Victory driving galloping biga right, holding palm frond and reins; grasshopper below horses. Crawford 337/2f; Sydenham 645c; Junia 17; RBW –. Attractive golden iridescent toning, deposits on obverse. EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell. Ex Tkalec (29 February 2008), lot 79 (CHF 700 hammer).

The grasshopper symbol is an engraver's mark. [Andrew McCabe]