Triton XXII, Lot: 874. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Winged and draped bust of Vacuna right, wearing crested and laureate helmet; bow and quiver over shoulder, cornucopia below chin; CESTIANVS downward to left, S • C downward to right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread; M • PLAETORIVS M F AED CVR around from lower left. Crawford 409/1; Sydenham 809; Plaetoria 4; BMCRR Rome 3596-3601; RBW 1482. Superb EF, toned, lustrous.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 720820 (November 2001); Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 434.