Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 886. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Hosidius C.f. Geta. 68 BC. AR Denarius (3.95 gm, 6h). Rome mint. GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, wearing cruciform earring; bow and quiver over shoulder / C. HOSIDI. C. [F.] in exergue, Calydonian boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below. Crawford 407/2; Sydenham 903; Kestner 3315; BMCRR Rome 3388; Hosidia 1. Superb EF, toned, some shallow obverse scratches. ($300)

From the Claude Collection.