Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 941. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (3.95 gm, 11h). Rome mint. L. PLAVTIVS below, facing mask of Medusa with dishevelled hair / PLANCVS below, winged Aurora flying right, conducting the four horses of the Sun. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Kestner 3563; BMCRR Rome 4009; Plautia 14. EF, lightly toned, obverse slightly off center, hairline flan crack. ($750)

From the Claude Collection.