405/5. Plaetoria (57 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 57 BC)

O/ Male head right (Mercury), with flowing hair; control-mark behind (pail with lid and strap); border of dots.

R/ Winged caduceus; M PLAETORI downwards on left; CEST S C downwards on right; border of dots.

Crawford 405/5 (54 obverse dies/60 reverse dies)

4.01g

- Teutoburger Münzauktion 167th Auction (04/03/2025), lot 947.

Marcus Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus:

The date of the issue was initially dated from 69 by Crawford, but it was revised to 57 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.

Référence : RRC 405/5

Collection : Roman Republic