Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 911. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Considius Nonianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (4.04 gm, 1h). Rome mint. C. CONSIDI NONIANI behind, laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Venus Erycina right, wearing double necklace of pearls and pendants, cruciform earring, and jewels in hair, pulled into a knot; S. C before / ERVC (Erycina), tetrastyle temple with pellet on pediment on summit of mountain, surrounded by rampart with gateway in the centre and tower at each side. Crawford 424/1; Sydenham 886; Kestner 3450; BMCRR Rome 3830; Considia 1. EF, toned. An especially bold reverse strike. ($1000)

From the Claude Collection.