Sale: Triton X, Lot: 530. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (3.93 g, 1h). Rome mint. CESTIANVS, turreted and draped bust of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring; forepart of lion behind; globe before; all within bead and reel border / M. PLAETORIVS. AED. CVR. EX S. C., curule chair;
acrostolium to left; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Kestner 3369; BMCRR Rome 3574; Plaetoria 3. EF, gray toning, lovely iridescent hues, struck slightly off center.