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Buy or Bid Sale 206  15 Nov 2018
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Lot 305

Starting price: 180 USD
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Severina. Antoninianus; Severina; Cyzicus, 275 AD, Antoninianus, 4.35g. Göbl-352a0 (31 spec.), Paris-1237, RIC-18. Obv: SEVERINA AVG Bust draped r. on crescent, wearing stephane. Rx: CONCORD - IAE M - ILITVM Concordia standing l. holding two standards, XXI in exergue.While Severina portraits are only somewhat scarce and are usually silver washed, you almost never find a Severina with a full, sharp silver wash like this coin. It shows that the ministers and generals of this and other emperors were happy to deceive their troops by paying them with a silver wash coin that appeared to be solid silver . MS
Buy Price: $300
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