Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 872. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Poblicius Q. f. 80 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (3.03 gm, 8h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Roma right, wearing helmet with plume on each side; E above, ROMA behind / C. POBLICI. Q. F to right, Hercules standing left, strangling Nemean Lion, club at his feet; bow and arrows in quiver in left field; E (retrograde) above. Crawford 380/1; Sydenham 768; Kestner 3220 var. (control letter); BMCRR Rome 2900; Poblicia 9. Choice EF, lightly toned. ($400)

From the Claude Collection.