Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1263. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Early Italian and Roman Issues] ROME. 211-208 BC. AR Victoriatus (3.47 g, 3h). Luceria mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right, with straggly hair, within bead and reel border / Victory on left, standing right, crowning trophy with laurel-wreath; L between; ROMA in exergue. Crawford 97/1a; Sydenham 121; Kestner 1074-1075; BMCRR Italy 159. EF, light toning, tiny flan flaw at cheekbone. Very rare. ($300)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.