345, Lot: 449. Estimate $100. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 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, toned with some iridesence.

From the Michael Joffre Collection. Ex Geoffrey Bell Auctions (27 September 2012), lot 146.