Watch List notes:

M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.86 g, 3h). Rome mint. Turreted and draped bust of Cybele right; forepart of lion behind, globe below chin; CESTIANVS downward to left; all within bead and reel border / Curule chair; grain ear to left; M • PLAETORIVS • AED • CVR • EX • S C around; all within bead and reel border. Crawford 409/2; Sydenham 808; Plaetoria 3; Kestner 3368-71 var. (symbols); BMCRR Rome 3575; RBW 1484 var. (same). EF, iridescent cabinet toning, traces of underlying luster.


From the RAJ Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 894696 (May 2011); Gemini VIII (14 April 2011), lot 204.