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Auction 45  8 Jan 2019
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Lot 300

Starting price: 13 500 USD
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Justa Gratia Honoria (sister of Valentinian III). Gold Solidus (4.47 g, 12h). Mint of Ravenna, c. A.D. 430-5. D N IVST GRAT HO-NORIA P F AVG, bust of Honoria facing right, wearing a pearl-diadem and a necklace, and draped with a cross on shoulder, crowned above by the Hand of God. Rev. BONO REI PVBLICAE, Victory standing left, holding a long cross, a star above, R-V in field, COMOB in exergue (RIC 2022; C 1; Depeyrot 15/1; Kent-Hirmer pl. 192, 756). Extremely Fine and attractive. Broad flan, excellent portrait, some very light traces of double-striking, extremely rare. Estimate Value $28,000 - UP
Ex H. D. Rauch, Auction 82, Vienna, 23 April 2008, lot 661 Ex Aurora Collection, The New York Sale XXXII, 8 January 2014, lot 68.
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