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Auction 83  20 May 2015
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Lot 365

Estimate: 600 CHF
Price realized: 550 CHF
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The Collection of Roman Republican Coins of a Student and his Mentor Part III

L. Manlius Torquatus. Denarius 65, AR 3.82 g. Ivy-wreathed head of Sybil r.; below neck truncation, SIBVLA (sic!). All within laurel wreath. Rev. L·TORQVAT – III·VIR Tripod on which stands amphora sided by two stars. All within torque. Babelon Manlia 11 var. Sydenham 837 var. Crawford 411/1a var.
An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. Old cabinet tone and good very fine
Privately purchased from Spink & Son in 1974.

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