Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 848. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (1.92 gm, 8h). Rome mint. M. CATO behind, head of Liber right, wearing ivy-wreath; Phrygian helmet below / Victory seated right, holding a palm-branch over left shoulder, patera in right hand; VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 343/2b; Sydenham 597c; Kestner 2999 var. (control mark); BMCRR Italy 687; Porcia 7. VF, light cleaning scratches under toning. Rare with this control mark. ($200)

From the Claude Collection.