Triton XVI, Lot: 813. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 12h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; L • PLAVTIVS below / Aurora, draped and winged, flying right, head facing slightly left, holding reins in each hand, conducting four rearing horses of the sun; PLANCVS below. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Kestner 3563; BMCRR Rome 4009-10; Plautia 14. EF, lightly toned, traces of die rust on obverse. Well centered. Exceptional.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Berk 155 (31 July 2007), lot 195; Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 543.