Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 853. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mn. Fonteius C. f. 85 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 gm, 12h). Rome mint. MN. FONTEI behind, C. F under chin, laureate head of Apollo (Vejovis) right; thunderbolt below / Winged Cupid riding goat right; caps of the Dioscuri above, thyrsus below, all within laurel-wreath. Crawford 353/1c; Sydenham 724a; Kestner 3112; BMCRR Rome 2478; CNR Fonteia 17; Fonteia 10. Superb EF. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.