A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 5h). Rome mint.

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Lot: 737. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Republican, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 4 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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A. Plautius. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.82 g, 5h). Rome mint. Turreted head of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring, hair in knot, locks falling down neck; AED • CVR • S • C downwards to left, A • PLAVTIVS downward to right / Bacchius kneeling right beside his camel, holding reins in left hand and extending olive branch upward in right; IVDAEVS upward to right, BACCHIVS in exergue. Crawford 431/1; Sydenham 932; Plautia 13; BMCRR Rome 3916-9; Kestner 3479-80; RBW 1540; S 395 (this coin illustrated). Lustrous. Near EF. Well struck.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXVII (4 December 1991), lot 522.

The enigmatic "Bacchius the Jew" depicted in supplication on the reverse has been plausibly identified by Michael Harlan as the Judaean high priest Aristobulus II, who was deposed by Pompey the Great after his siege of Jerusalem in 63 BC. The moneyer, Aulus Plautius, is known to have been a partisan of Pompey’s, and his choice of coin types suggests he served under Pompey in the campaign.

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