Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 485. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (3.93 g, 1h). Rome mint. Turreted and draped bust of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring; CESTIANVS and forepart of lion behind, globe before; all within bead and reel border / Curule chair; acrostolium to left, M • PLAETORIVS • AED • CVR • EX S • C • around; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Kestner 3369; BMCRR Rome 3574; Plaetoria 3. EF, gray toning, lovely iridescent hues, struck slightly off center.

Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 530.