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CNG Auction #26
Lot Number: 62214
Final Sale Price: $181.50
Denomination: Denarius
Crawford 462/1c; Sear, CRI 46; Sydenham 1052; Porcia 9

 M. Cato. 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (3.86 gm). M CATO PRO. PR, draped female bust right /
  Victory seated right holding patera, VICTRIX in exergue. Crawford 462/1c; Sear, CRI
  46; Sydenham 1052; Porcia 9. Nice VF, obverse banker's mark, reverse die rust and
  minor flan flaw (at lower left). Estimate $100.

 This coin is from an issue that is a direct copy of an issue by another 
M. Cato in 89 BC. It was struck in Utica, Sicily, by the moneyer, who 
was propraetor there, under the authority of the Senate at the beginning of the civil war.

Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com