412, Lot: 615. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Plautilla. Augusta, AD 202-205. Æ Dupondius or As (25mm, 11.31 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 203. Draped bust right / Venus standing left, leaning on large shield, holding apple and palm frond; at feet, Cupid standing left. RIC IV 582 (Caracalla). VF, brown patina, fields heavily scratched. Very rare.

From the Matthew RIch Collection. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 54, 14 June 2000), lot 1714.