383, Lot: 457. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Plautius Hypsaeus. 194-190 BC. Æ As (32mm, 28.07 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; I (mark of value) to right, LPLH monogram above. Crawford 134/2 (citing 8 specimens in Paris); Sydenham 333; RBW 600. Near VF, dark brown surfaces. Rare.

From the RBW Collection, purchased from NAC AG, 26 February 1995.