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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nvb, post: 3944418, member: 99531&quot;]2019 isnt over quite yet!</p><p><br /></p><p>This republican denarius called me loudly.</p><p>The obverse die is particularly artistic; among my favourites for the series.. So despite being &#039;done&#039; for the year I had little choice in the matter =)</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, feel free to show off your own examples of this wonderful type</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/458/image00317.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/458/image00317.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/458/image00317.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. <i>L. Plautius Plancus. </i></b>47 BC.</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>20.5mm, 3.90 g, 7h</p><p>Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Aurora flying right, conducting four horses of the sun and holding palm frond. Cf. Crawford 453/1a-b, d-e; CRI 29; cf. Sydenham 959, 959a; cf. Plautia 15, 15a-c;cf. RBW 1583-4. Lustrous, marks and scratches, large flan/metal flaw on reverse, weakly struck in areas. Good VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>For good measure, here are the same dies in all their glory, well struck and minus the scratches and wear. An embarassingly awesome example (<u>NOT</u> mine, this belongs some some other lucky collector!)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/roma/005/image00597.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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