Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1327. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Hostilius Saserna. 48 BC. AR Denarius (4.06 g, 4h). Rome mint. Head of Gallia right, wearing long and dishevelled hair; Gallic trumpet (carnyx) behind / L. HOSTILI[VS] to right, [S]ASERNA to left, Diana of Ephesus standing facing, wearing long flowing robes, holding stag by its antler with left hand, spear in right. Crawford 448/3; CRI 19; Sydenham 953; Kestner 3541; BMCRR Rome 3996; Hostilia 4. Good VF, slight obverse die shift, deeply toned. Very rare. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.