Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 928. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (3.91 g, 5h). Rome mint. Turreted and draped bust of Cybele right; forepart of lion behind, globe below chin; all within bead and reel border / Curule chair; acrostolium to left; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Plaetoria 3. Good VF, toned, double struck (rotated on obverse), banker’s mark on obverse. Struck on a broad flan.