Triton XVII, Lot: 523. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 2.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of young Dionysus (Bacchus) with long hair right, wearing ivy wreath; C • below; M • C(AT)O to left / Victory seated right on chair set on ground line, holding patera in right hand and palm frond in left hand over left shoulder; VIC(TR)IX in exergue. Crawford 343/2b; King 46b; Sydenham 597; Kestner 2999; BMCRR Italy 663; Porcia 7a. Superb EF, lustrous, tiny flan flaw on obverse.