Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 591. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Denarius (3.80 g, 2h). Rome mint. M • CATO below, ROMA behind, diademed and draped female bust right, hair in rolls and collected into a knot / VICTRIX in exergue, Victory, draped, seated right, holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder and patera in outstretched right hand; ST below chair. Crawford 343/1c; Sydenham 596a; Kestner 2998; BMCRR Italy 659-661; Porcia 6. EF, toned, traces of deposits, short hairline flan crack.