Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 938. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.78 gm, 4h). Rome mint. Head of Gallia right, wearing long and dishevelled hair; Gallic trumpet (carnyx) behind / [L]. HOSTILIVS to right, SASER[N] to left, Diana of Ephesus standing facing, wearing long flowing robes, holding spear and stag by its antler. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996; Hostilia 4. Good VF, slighly off-center, deeply toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.