Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 840. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Cassius Caecianus. 102 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 gm, 5h). Rome mint. CÆICIAN, draped bust of Ceres left, wearing a barley wreath; A behind / L. CASSI in exergue, two yoked oxen pulling plow left; X• above. Crawford 321/1; Sydenham 594; Kestner 2602; BMCRR Rome 1725; Cassia 4. Near EF, light obverse scratch beneath wonderful cabinet toning. Bold strike. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.