Triton XVI, Lot: 764. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Denarius (22mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Roma right, with hair collected in knot; RO(MA) to left, M • C(AT) below / Victory seated right on chair set on ground line, holding patera in right hand and palm frond over left shoulder; VIC(TR)IX in exergue. Crawford 343/1b; Sydenham 596; Kestner 2996-2998; BMCRR Italy 657; Porcia 5. EF, lightly toned, traces of underlying luster, reverse struck with slightly rusty die.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 173 (where it realized CHF 2000).