| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3033 Price realized: 95 CHF (Approx. 108 USD / 100 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus, 57 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.07 g, 5 h), Rome. Draped female head to right, behind, scales. Rev. M PLAETORI CEST•S•C Half-length, draped and facing bust of Sors set on tablet inscribed SORS. Babelon (Plaetoria) 10. Crawford 405/2. RBW 1448. Sydenham 801. The reverse heavily scratched, otherwise, about very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2484, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
