Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 846. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Denarius (3.27 gm, 3h). Rome mint. M. CATO below, diademed and draped female bust right; ROMA behind / Victory seated right, holding a palm-branch over left shoulder, patera in right hand; ST below chair; VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 343/1c; Sydenham 596a; Kestner 2998; BMCRR Italy 659; Porcia 6. EF, darkly toned, obverse die break, minor roughness on reverse. ($200)

From the Claude Collection. Ex Leu 17 (3-4 May 1977), lot 363.