HistoricalCoins





                              Research Sold Coins 
                              Search 

                              All winning bids are subject to a 10% buyer’s fee. 


                              Description
                                69, Lot: 72. M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 
                                1.81 gm). Estimate $75. Sold For $44 

                                M. Cato. 89 BC. AR Quinarius (15mm, 1.81 gm). 
                                Head of Liber right, wearing ivy wreath; symbol 
                                control-mark (thyrsus?) below / Victory seated 
                                right on throne, holding palm branch and patera. 
                                Crawford 343/2b; Sydenham 597; Porcia 7. Toned 
                                VF, partial flat strike.
                                The partial flat strike of the obverse beneath 
                                the head makes a definitive attribution of the 
                                control-mark impossible; the slight outline 
                                present, however, is consistent with a thyrsus.






                  Copyright © CNG 2002
                  Developed by DataArt 2002

             


From CNG e-Auction #69, closed 23 July, 2003, re-used By permission of CNG, www.cngcoins.com.