Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1285. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius. 81 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 g, 4h). North Italian mint. Diademed head of Pietas right, wearing earring; stork before / IMPER in exergue, jug and lituus within laurel-wreath. Crawford 374/2; Sydenham 751; Kestner 3200; BMCRR Spain 47; Caecilia 44. EF, iridescent toning, scratch in field between portrait and stork. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.