Triton XVI, Lot: 765. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 2.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of young Dionysus (Bacchus) with long hair right, wearing ivy wreath; C • below; M • C(AT)O to left / 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 343/2b; King 46a-e; Sydenham 597; Kestner 2999; BMCRR Italy 662-669; Porcia 7a. Choice EF, lustrous.