Watch List notes:

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus, 57 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.91 g, 6 h), Rome. CESTIANVS - S•C Winged and draped bust of Vacuna to right, wearing crested and laureate helmet, with bow and quiver over her shoulder; to right, cornucopiae. Rev. M•PLAETORIV[S•M•F•A]ED•CVR Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread and head turned back to left. A. Alföldi: Studien zur Zeitfolge der Münzprägung der Römischen Republik, in: SNR XXXVI (1954), pl. XXI, 8 (this coin). Babelon (Plaetoria) 4. Crawford 409/1. RBW 1482. Sydenham 809. Beautifully toned. The reverse struck slightly off center and with minor porosity, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Bern on 19 September 1975 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed), ex Schulman, 28-30 May 1973, 1294 and Münzen & Medaillen AG 43, 12-13 November 1970, 138.