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Auction 114  6-7 May 2019
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Lot 1318

Estimate: 150 CHF
Price realized: 180 CHF
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The Roman Republic

T. Claudius Nero. Denarius serratus 79, AR 3.95 g. Draped bust of Diana r., with bow and quiver over shoulder; before chin, S.C. Rev. Victory in prancing biga r., holding palm-branch and reins in l. hand and wreath in r.; below horses, CXXXV. In exergue, TI·CLAVD·TI·F / AP·N. Babelon Claudia 5. Sydenham 770a. RBW –. Crawford 383/1.
Adjustment gouge on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine
Ex NAC sale 92, 2016, 1654. From an English amateur scholar collection.
This coin has a very deep single adjustment gouge that has barely affected the appearance of this well struck type, cf. Stannard, The adjustment al marco of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging, in Metallurgy in Numismatics, eds M. M. Archibald & M.R. Cowell, London, 1993.

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