| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 252 Price realized: 420 CHF (Approx. 477 USD / 443 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: A. Plautius, 55 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.00 g, 12 h), Rome. A•PLAVTIVS / AED•CVR•S•C Head of Cybele to right, wearing turreted crown and pendant earring. Rev. BACCHIVS - IVDAEVS Bacchius Judaeus (Aristobulus II, High Priest and King of Judaea) kneeling right, holding olive branch in his right hand and reins of camel standing beside him in his left. Babelon (Plautia) 13. Crawford 431/1. RBW 1540. Sydenham 932. A nicely toned and sharply struck example. The obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine. From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, privately acquired from London Ancient Coins on 14 January 2017, ex Artemide Aste XLVI, 3 December 2016, 267 and Numismatica Ars Classica 1, 29-30 March 1989, 705. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
