Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 869. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Sulla. 81 BC. AR Denarius (3.84 gm, 1h). Uncertain mint. Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and pearl necklace / Double cornucopiae filled with fruit and flowers, bound with fillet; Q below. Crawford 375/2; Sydenham 755; Kestner 3201; BMCRR East 17; Cornelia 33. EF, brown and gray toning, light scratches on cheek, traces of horn silver. Attractive. ($400)

From the Claude Collection.