CNG 102, Lot: 807. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair, without serpents / Victory (or winged Aurora) flying right, head slightly left, holding reins and conducting four rearing horses of the sun. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Plautia 14. Good VF, toned, traces of die rust on obverse, areas of slightly flat strike.

From the Byron Schieber Collection.