315, Lot: 322. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.15 g, 12h). Rome mint. Turreted head of Cybele right / Bacchius kneeling right, holding reins and offering up olive branch; behind, camel standing right. Crawford 431/1; Sydenham 932; Plautia 13. Good VF, toned, reverse off center.

From the Dr. Robert A. Kilmarx Collection. Purchased from Spink & Son (£60) in 1978.