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E-Sale 24  30 January 2016
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Lot 366

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 85 GBP
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C. Antestius AR Denarius. Rome, circa 146 BC. Head of Roma right, in high relief, wearing winged helmet, ornamented with griffin's head, the visor in three pieces and peaked, wearing earring n shape of bunch of grapes and pearl necklace, hair arranged in three symmetrical locks; C • (ANTE)STI upwards to left, X (mark of value) below chin / The Dioscuri on horseback charging right, each holding a couched spear, and wearing sagum, cuirass, and pileus, surmounted by a star; below horses, dog running right, both fore-feet raised; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 219/1e; Sydenham 411; Kestner 2076-7; BMCRR Rome 859; Antestia 1. 3.86g, 18mm, 4h.

Good Very Fine.

From a Swiss Private Collection.
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