Triton XVII, Lot: 555. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.00 g, 4h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; L • PLAVTIV 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 453/1e; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Kestner 3563 var. (obv. legend); BMCRR Rome 4009 var. (same); Plautia 15c; CNR 18. EF, handsome iridescent cabinet toning, banker’s mark on obverse. Very rare with this obverse legend.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24964.