Rare Issue

364, Lot: 179. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped female bust left, wearing winged diadem; stilus behind / Anguipede figure, holding club, within temple pediment. Crawford 405/1b; Sydenham 800b; RBW 1447 var. (rev. legend, indistinct control); Plaetoria 9b. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity, banker’s mark on obverse. Rare issue.

From the RBW Collection. Ex Peus 330 (24 April 1991), lot 876.