439, Lot: 450. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.90 g, 12h). Rome mint. Turreted head of Cybele right / Bacchius Judaeus (Aristobulus II, High Priest and King of Judaea) kneeling right, holding reins and offering up olive branch; behind, camel standing right. Crawford 431/1; Sydenham 932; Plautia 13. Good VF, iridescent toning, a few light scratches.

From the Fay Beth Wedig Collection.