ROMAN COINS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP COX
ANCIENT COINS, Gordian II Africanus, Sestertius, Rome, 238, laureate and draped bust right, rev. Virtus standing left, with shield and spear, 19.23g (RIC 8; C 15; Sear 8473). Very fine, smooth dark patina, rare £1,200-1,500
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Provenance: Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Co Collection, Christie's Auction, 30-31 May 1949, lot 474 (part) [acquired in Italy prior to 1775]; bt Baldwin July 1961