NumisBids
  
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 114  6-7 May 2019
View prices realized

Lot 820

Estimate: 8000 CHF
Price realized: 22 000 CHF
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email

The Roman Empire

Tacitus, 275 – 276. Aureus 275-276, AV 4.25 g. IMP C M CL T – ACITVS AVG Laureate and cuirassed bust l., holding spear and shield decorated with she-wolf and twins. Rev. ROMAE AE – TERNAE Roma seated l., holding globe and sceptre; beside seat, shield. C 113. RIC 10. Calicó 4106 (this coin). Biaggi 1603 (this coin).
Very rare and an interesting and unusual portrait. A nick on obverse field and a scuff
on reverse at nine o'clock, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex NAC sale 49, 2008, B.d.B, 393. Privately purchased from Hubert Herzfelder in 1956. From the Biaggi collection. From the collection of a retired banker.

Question about this auction? Contact Numismatica Ars Classica