Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 862. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Manlius Torquatus and L. Cornelius Sulla. 82 BC. AR Denarius (4.01 gm, 8h). Military mint moving with Sulla. L. MANLI- before, PRO. Q behind, head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet with peaked visor, cruciform earring and necklace, hair in three locks / L. SVLLA. IM in exergue, Sulla, togate, driving triumphal quadriga right, holding branch and reins; above, Victory flying left crowning Sulla with laurel wreath. Crawford 367/3; Sydenham 759; Kestner 3172; BMCRR (East) 15; Manlia 7. Superb EF, deep brown-gray toning. ($300)

From the Claude Collection.