Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1332. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (3.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. L. PLAVTIVS below, facing mask of Medusa with dishevelled hair / PLANCVS below, winged Aurora flying right, conducting the four horses of the Sun. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Kestner 3563; BMCRR Rome 4009; Plautia 14. Good VF, gray and iridescent toning, light cleaning marks beneath tone, scattered traces of horn silver, minor edge porosity, struck on an elipitcal flan. ($300)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.