195, Lot: 237. Estimate $150. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.74 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Medusa facing / Winged Aurora flying right, conducting the four horses of the Sun. Crawford 453/1 var. (legends); CRI 29 var. (same); Sydenham 959 var. (same); Plautia 14-15 (same). VF, a bit off-center.

This example could perhaps be an unrecorded variety with PLAVTIV on the obverse and PLANC on the reverse.