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ID:     80000490
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     A. Plautius
Date Ruled:     55 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Weight:     3.70 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     A • PLAVTIVS AED • CVR • S • C
Obverse Description:     Turreted head of Cybele right, wearing cruciform earring, hair in knot, locks falling down neck
Reverse Legend:     IVDAEVS / BACCHIVS
Reverse Description:     Bacchius kneeling right beside his camel, holding reins in left hand and extending olive branch upward in right; IVDAEVS upwards in right field, BACCHIVS in exergue
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 431/1
Reference2:     Sydenham 932
Reference3:     Plautia 13
Reference4:     BMCRR Rome 3916-9; Kestner 3479-80
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132713
Grade:     Good VF, areas of minor granularity and light marks on obverse
Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 490 Well centered for issue.