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E-Sale 36  27 May 2017
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Lot 284

Estimate: 250 GBP
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Roman Republic Æ Currency Bar Fragment. Rome, circa 280-250 BC. Eagle standing facing on thunderbolt, with wings spread / Pegasus flying left; [RO]M[ANOM] below. Crawford 4/1a; ICC 13; HN Italy 256. 365.97g, 50mm x 73mm.

Condition as seen.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection;
Privately purchased from D.F. Grotjohann in 2010.

Italo Vecchi notes: The eagle of Jupiter on a thunderbolt symbolises war and Pegasus is a symbol of glory, power and speed as well as imagination," ref. Italian Cast Coinage, 2013, p. 29. "
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