266, Lot: 324. Estimate $200. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.96 g, 2h). Rome mint. Facing head of Medusa, with coiled snake on either side of face / Aurora flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the sun. Crawford 453/1b; CRI 29; Sydenham 959a; Plautia 15a. Good VF.

From the Deyo Collection. Ex Christie’s (2 May 1989), lot 796.