Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1324. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (3.96 g, 4h). Rome mint. Head of Gallic captive (Vercingetorix?) right, Galllic shield behind / [L. HOSTIL]IVS above, SASERN below, two warriors in galloping biga right, one driving and the other holding [shield] and brandishing spear. Crawford 448/2a; CRI 18; Sydenham 952; Kestner 3540; BMCRR Rome 3994; Hostilia 2. EF, lustrous, a tiny dig on the neck, reverse struck slightly off center. Bold portrait. ($2000)