295, Lot: 376. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 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; scorpion to left; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Plaetoria 3. VF, toned, cleaning scratches on obverse under tone, obverse struck slightly off center.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.