Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 855. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Antonius Balbus. 83-82 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (3.96 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Laureate and bearded head of Jupiter right, S.C behind / Q. ANTO. BAR / PR in two lines in exergue, Victory driving galloping quadriga right, holding reins, palm-branch, and wreath; O below. Crawford 364/1d; Sydenham 742b; Kestner 3160 var. (control letter on reverse); BMCRR Rome 2762; Antonia 1. Superb EF, light toning, minor traces of horn silver. Bold details. ($300)

From the Claude Collection.