PUBLIUS PLAUTIUS HYPSAEUS, RRC 420/2, Date 60 BC, Silver Denarius Rome, Leuconoe, Jupiter, Quadriga

★ Rare type - extremely fine, near mint state condition - wonderful detailed Leuconoe presentation at obverse - nice reverse presentation - well centered - full legends at booth sides - nice silver patina color toning ★
Publius Plautius Hypsaeus
Reign: Roman Republic
Mint: Rome
Date: 60 BC
Nominal: Denarius
Material: Silver
Diameter: 19mm
Weight: 3.69g
Reference: Sydenham 911
Reference: Babelon Plautia 12
Reference: Crawford RRC 420/2
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Obverse: Bust of Leuconoe, right, draped and with variously bejewelled hair; behind, dolphin. Border of dots
Inscription: P YPSAE S C
Translation: Publius [Plautius] Hypsaeus Senatus Consulto
Translation: Publius [Plautius] Hypsaeus, by Decree of the Senate
Reverse: Jupiter in quadriga, left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right hand. Border of dots
Inscription: C YPSAE COS PRIV CEPIT
Translation: Gaius Ypsaeus Consul Privernum Cepit
Translation: Gaius Hypsaeus, Consul who captured Privernum
Comment: After a long period of peace, the Privernates in 358 BC laid waste some Roman territory in the Pontine Marshes. Gaius Marcius Rutilus in a brief campaign the next year defeated them and celebrated a triumph. According to Livy, twice later, in 342 and 330 BC, the Privernates laid waste the lands of the Roman colonies of Norba and Setia, and were twice defeated by Gaius Plautius in 341 and 329 B.C. Modern historical criticism reduces these two wars to one, that of 330-329 BC, which resulted in the capture of the city and the granting of a triumph to its captor, Gaius Plautius Decianus Hypsaeus. As a punishment for the attack on Rome, the walls of Privernum were destroyed, the senators of the city were deported to quarters in Rome on the right bank of the Tiber, and the Romans seized two-thirds of the territory of Privernum. Livy and others assert that the Privernates did not suffer further punishment, but were granted full Roman citizenship, owing to the spirit of liberty displayed by their envoys and the firm attitude of Plautius. The Hypsaei traced their descent from Neptune and his daughter Leuconoë. The reverse of the following two coins commemorate the capture of Privernum by the ancestor of this moneyer.