Roman Republican Coins
P. Plautius Hypsaeus. Denarius 60, AR 3.96 g. P.YPSAE·S·C Draped bust of Leuconoe r.; behind, dolphin swimming downwards. Rev. Jupiter in quadriga l., holding reins and hurling thunderbolt; in exergue and in r. field, C·YPSAE·COS / PRIV – CEPIT. Babelon Plautia 12. Sydenham 911. RBW 1515 (this coin). Crawford 420/2a.
Light iridescent tone and extremely fine
Ex Crédit de la Bourse April 1995, 1068 and NAC 63, 2012, RBW part II, 291 sales.