448, Lot: 389. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 6h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Aurora flying right, conducting four horses of the sun and holding palm frond. Cf. Crawford 453/1a-b; CRI 29; cf. Sydenham 959, 959a; Plautia 15, 15a; RBW 1583-4. Toned, areas of porosity, some shallow cleaning scratches on reverse. VF.

Ex Rauch Summer Auction 2010 (13 September 2010), lot 367.