Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus. 47 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; L • PLAVTIVS below / Aurora, draped and winged, flying right, head facing slightly left, holding palm frond in left hand, conducting four rearing horses of the sun; PLANCVS below. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b; Plautia 14; BMCRR Rome 4009-10; Kestner 3563; RBW 1585. Toned, with iridescence, minor weakness. Near EF.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 109 (4 May 2022), lot 420 (hammer €1700).
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