Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 789. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Naevius Balbus. 79 BC. AR Serrate Denarius (3.83 g, 11h). Rome mint. Diademed head of Venus right / Victory driving galloping triga right; XVI above. Crawford 382/1b; Sydenham 769b; Naevia 6. Near EF, handsome light gray and gold toning.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.

One of the few appearances of a triga on a Roman coin.