Watch List notes:

L. Cestius and C. Norbanus. Aureus (Gold, 19 mm, 8.05 g, 9 h), Rome, May-August 43 BC. C•NORBANVS - PR - L•CESTIVS Draped bust of Sibyl (?) to right. Rev. S•C Cybele, turreted and holding patera in her right hand, seated left on throne set on car drawn by two lions to left. Babelon (Cestia) 3 and (Norbana) 5. Calicó 5a. Crawford 491/2. RBW 1719. Sydenham 1155. Traces of mounting, otherwise, very fine.


From the Birger Bentsen Collection of ancient gold coins (with collector's ticket) and from the collection of Kurt Haintz, Hess-Divo 336, 27-28 May 2019, 60, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 51, 5 March 2009, 777.