Triton XXII, Lot: 871. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 4.11 g, 7h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Ceres(?) right, wearing necklace and her hair in net (saccos) and decorated with poppies; to left, quiver / Upright winged caduceus; CEST EX • S • C downward to left, M PLAETORI downward to right. Crawford 405/3b; Sydenham 805; Plaetoria 6; BMCRR Rome 3544-53 var. (obv. symbol); RBW 1450 var. (same). EF, reverse struck slightly off center.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Goldberg [5] (7 June 2000), lot 3455.