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Buy or Bid Sale 209  3 Dec 2019
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Lot 468

Starting price: 1950 USD
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Didia Clara. Sestertius; Didia Clara; Rome, Sestertius, 19.19g. BM-38, C-4 (50 Fr.), RIC-20 (R2). Obv: [DIDIA CL]A - RA AV[G] Bust draped r. Rx: HILA - R - TEMPOR S - C Hilaritas standing l. holding long palm and coruncopia. From A.M. Woodward's obverse die 4, Coinage of Didius Julianus and His Family, Num. Chronicle 1961, p. 81 and pl. 10.4. From the Phil Peck Collection; acquired by Peck from Fred Knobloch, and with an earlier printed envelope of Edward Gans, Numismatic Fine Arts.This coin is struck on a small flan, like many other sestertii of this lady, but still shows an exceptional portrait of this rare empress, justifying its inclusion in the stock of the great dealer Edward Gans . EF

Estimate: $3000
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