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Auction 88  8 October 2015
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Lot 471

Estimate: 25 000 CHF
Price realized: 29 000 CHF
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Auction 88 Part I
The Roman Empire
Septimius Severus, 193 – 211

Aureus, Laodicea ad Mare 201, AV 7.12 g. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX TR P VIIII Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. COS – I – I – P – P Victory advancing r. holding palm branch and wreath. C –. BMC – cf. 655 note (different obverse legend). RIC –, cf. 503b =. Calicó –, cf. 2443.
An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. An interesting and unusual
portrait struck in high relief, extremely fine

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