Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 914. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (4.20 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Venus right, wearing double necklace of pearls and pendants, cruciform earring, and jewels in hair, pulled into a knot; S.C and sceptre behind / FAVSTVS monogram in exergue, three military trophies standing facing; capis (one-handled jug) on left, lituus on right. Crawford 426/3; Sydenham 884; Kestner 3457; BMCRR Rome 3909; CNR Cornelia 88; Cornelia 63. EF, light gray and gold toning. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.