| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 3028 Price realized: 90 CHF (Approx. 102 USD / 95 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: P. Plautius Hypsaeus, 57 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.77 g, 3 h), Rome. P•VPSAE / S•C Draped bust of Leuconoë to right; behind, small dolphin swimming right. Rev. C•VPSAE•CO[S] / CEPIT / PRIV Jupiter in quadriga to left, holding reins in his left hand and hurling thunderbolt with his right. Babelon (Plautia) 12. Crawford 420/2a. RBW 1515. Sydenham 911. Minor marks, otherwise, very fine. Ex Leu Web Auction 18, 19-21 December 2021, 2471, from the Red Ox Collection, the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward. Starting price: 25 CHF |  |
