446, Lot: 310. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

P. Plautius Hypsaeus. 57 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.76 g, 3h). Rome mint. Head of Neptune right; trident behind / Jupiter driving galloping quadriga left, holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; scorpion below horses. Crawford 420/1b; Sydenham 910a; Plautia 11a. VF, areas of find patina, some scrapes and scratches. Rare variety with scorpion.

From the Dr. Charles Schulz Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 May 1983), lot 259.