CNG 112, Lot: 511. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 2.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Liber right, wearing ivy wreath; L below / Victory Victrix seated right, holding palm frond and patera. Crawford 343/2b; King 46; Sydenham 597; Porcia 7a; cf. RBW 1298 (for type). Lightly toned with underlying luster, obverse die breaks and struck off center. EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Ponterio 152 (8 January 2010), lot 5925.