Triton XXII, Lot: 878. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Plautius Hypsaeus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.82 g, 4h). Rome mint. Draped bust of Leuconoë right, pearled band in hair, wearing earring and necklace; to left, dolphin swimming downward; P • YPSAE • S • C to right / Jupiter, holding reins in right hand, throwing thunderbolt in left, driving quadriga left; scorpion below horses; C • YPSAE • COS/PRIV in two lines in exergue, CEPIT to right. Crawford 420/2d; Sydenham 911b; Plautia 12b; BMCRR Rome 3849; RBW –. EF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Kirk Davis.