Description

P. Plautius Hypsaeus. 60 BC. Denarius 19mm,

Draped bust of Leuconoë right; P. YPSAE. before, dolphin and S.C behind
Rev. Jupiter in quadriga left; CEPIT to right, scorpion below, C. YPSAE. COS/PRIV
in two lines in exergue.

Crawford 420/2d; Sydenham 911b; Plautia 12b. Fine. Rare with scorpion below quadriga.

The Hypsaei clan traced its ancestry to Neptune, by way of his daughter Leuconoë,
depicted on this coin. The reverse alludes to the capture of Privernum by an ancestor.