Triton XXII, Lot: 875. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Turreted and draped bust of Cybele right; forepart of lion behind, globe below chin; CESTIANVS downward to left; all within bead and reel border / Curule chair; laurel branch to left; M • PLAETOR[IVS • AED •] CVR • EX • S C around; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Plaetoria 3; BMCRR Rome 3576; RBW 1484 var. (symbol on rev.). Choice EF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 293.