Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 992. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $780. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (3.73 g, 7h). Rome mint. Facing head of Medusa with disheveled hair / Victory (or winged Aurora) flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the Sun. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Plautia 14. Good VF, toned, usual areas of flat strike.