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Auction 10  18 May 2015
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Lot 106

Estimate: 5750 CHF
Price realized: 5500 CHF
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ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COINS

Clodius Albinus, as Caesar, 193-195. Sestertius (Bronze, 29mm, 24.13g 12), Rome, 194. D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES Bare head of Clodius Albinus to right with light drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. FELICITAS COS II / S - C Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus in her outstretched right hand and long scepter in her left. Banti 7 var. (differing legend division). BMC 530. Cohen 16 var. (differing bust type). RIC 52b. M. Bendenoun, Les Monnaies de l'Antiquité - Portrait de la collection JDL (Geneva, 2008), 74 (this coin). Rare. A splendid example with a fine portrait and a lovely tan patina. Some insignificant striking flatness, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the JDL Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica/Tradart 79, 20 October 2014, 37, ex Sternberg VIII, 16 November 1978, 559.

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