392, Lot: 485. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.70 g, 5h). 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. VF, iridescent tone, struck off center.

From the Collection of a Director.