Roma Numismatics Ltd
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M. Cato AR Denarius. Rome, 89 BC. Diademed and draped female head right, ROMA behind, M CATO below / Victory seated right, holding patera and palm, ST below chair, VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 343/1c; Sydenham 596a; Porcia 6. 3.94g, 18mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Attractive iridescent toning.
From the Ambrose Collection;
Ex BVH Collection, Heritage 3012, 2 January 2011, lot 24589.
Crawford states that the reverse type depicts Victoria Virgo, whose shrine was built by Cato Censorius (Livy XXXV, 9.6), an ancestor of the moneyer. He goes on to hypothesise that ST below the throne may be an abbreviation of the epithet 'stabilis', which Livy applies to Victory (Livy, XXII, 37).
Good Extremely Fine. Attractive iridescent toning.
From the Ambrose Collection;
Ex BVH Collection, Heritage 3012, 2 January 2011, lot 24589.
Crawford states that the reverse type depicts Victoria Virgo, whose shrine was built by Cato Censorius (Livy XXXV, 9.6), an ancestor of the moneyer. He goes on to hypothesise that ST below the throne may be an abbreviation of the epithet 'stabilis', which Livy applies to Victory (Livy, XXII, 37).