Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 961. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $765. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.72 g, 3h). Rome mint. Turreted head of Cybele right / Bacchius kneeling right, holding reins and offering up olive branch; behind, camel standing right. Crawford 431/1; Sydenham 932; Plautia 13. Good VF, attractive toning, graffito (NI) above camel. A particularly appealing obverse.