Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 741. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cn. Plancius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.91 gm). Female head right wearing a causia; CN. PLANCIVS before, AED. CVR. S. C behind / Cretan goat right, bow and quiver behind. Crawford 432/1; Sydenham 933; Plancia 1. EF. ($300)

Cn. Plancius had a long political career. He first served as propraetor in Africa under A. Torquatus and in 68 BC. under Q. Metellus in Crete. In 62 BC he was a military tribune in the army of C. Antonius in Macedonia and in 56 BC was quaestor of Macedonia. Cn. Plancius became friends with Cicero, and in 55 BC, after being elected to the curule aedileship, was defended by Cicero against charges of election corruption. The obverse and reverse types refer to his activities in Macedonia and Crete.