Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 920. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Fonteius P.f. Capito. 55 BC. AR Denarius (4.03 gm, 7h). Rome mint. P. FONTEIVS. CAPITO. III. VIR. CONCORDIA, laureate, diademed, and veiled head of Concordia right / T. DIDI. to left, VIL. PVB to right, the Villa Publica: building consisting of two stories, each with a row of columns, to which gates are attached; the lower columns are surmounted by arches, the upper ones by a sloping roof; IMP below. Crawford 429/2b; Sydenham 901a; Kestner 3476; BMCRR Rome 3860; CNR Fonteia 32; Fonteia 18 and Didia 1a. Good VF, toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.