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LOT 3579
L. Plautius Plancus AR Denarius. 47 BC. Rome mint.
Head of Medusa facing, with coiled snake on either side; L•PLAVTIVS below / Aurora flying to right, conducting the four horses of the sun and holding palm frond; PLANCVS below. Crawford 453/1a; CRI 29; BMCRR Rome 4004; RSC Plautia 15. Near Extremely Fine. Amazing dark old cabinet toning. Banker's marks on obverse.(3.85gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Coincraft (R12616).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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