M. Porcius Cato, 89 BC. Quinarius (Silver, 14 mm, 2.16 g, 8 h), Rome. M C(AT)O Head of Liber to right, wearing ivy-wreath; D below. Rev. Victory seated right, holding patera in her right hand and palm-branch in her left; in exergue, VICTRIX. Babelon (Porcia) 7a. Crawford 343/2b. King 46. Sydenham 597. Well-centered and nicely toned. Good very fine.
From the stock of an old Swiss dealer assembled mainly in the 1960s-1970s.