CNG 94, Lot: 980. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.12 g, 12h). Rome mint. Turreted head of Cybele right / Bacchius Judaeus (Aristobulus II, High Priest and King of Judaea) kneeling right, holding reins and offering up olive branch; behind, camel standing right. Crawford 431/1; Jacobson, p. 256, col. 1 (this coin); Hendin 1443; Sydenham 932; Plautia 13. Good VF, toned, minor deposits, a few scratches under tone.