343, Lot: 395. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Turreted and draped bust of Cybele right; forepart of lion behind, globe below chin; all within bead and reel border / Curule chair; ant to left; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Plaetoria 3. VF, two parallel scratches before Cybele’s face and in reverse margin.

From the Colin Kirk Collection.