Watch List notes:

Special issues. L. Cestius and C. Norbanus. May-August 43 BC. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.95 g, 10h). Emergency issue of the Roman Senate. Rome mint. Draped bust of Sibyl(?) right, hair in bands and knotted behind; C • NORBANVS above, PR to right, L • CESTIVS below / Cybele, turreted, holding patera in right hand, enthroned half-left on car drawn by two lions left; Í • C to upper left. Crawford 491/2; CRI 196; Sydenham 1155; Bahrfedt 26; Calicó 5b; Biaggi 25; RBW 1719. EF, lustrous.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Jonathan Kern, April 2002.