Triton XVI, Lot: 812. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.84 g, 2h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair, coiled serpents at either side of face; L • PLAVTIVS below / Aurora, draped and winged, flying right, head facing slightly left, holding reins in each hand, conducting four rearing horses of the sun; PLANCVS below. Crawford 453/1a; CRI 29; Sydenham 959; Kestner 3561-2; BMCRR Rome 4004-7; Plautia 15. Near EF, darkly toned, some deposits.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex UBS 62 (25 January 2005), lot 101; Auctiones 25 (19 June 1995), lot 735.