★ A nicely toned denarius of L. Hostilius Saserna ★

L. Hostilius Saserna, 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.94 g, 6 h), Rome. Bare head of Gallia to right, wearing long hair; to left, carnyx (Gallic trumpet). Rev. L•HOSTILIVS - SASERNA Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus standing facing, with long hair and laurel wreath, holding spear in her left hand and placing her right on the head of a stag leaping to left. Babelon (Hostilia) 4. Crawford 448/3. RBW 1570. Sydenham 953. Nicely toned. Scratches and a banker's mark on the obverse and with a minor flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.