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Auction 49E  7-8 Dec 2019
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Lot 304

Starting price: 60 EUR
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C. Considius Paetus. AR Denarius, 46 BC. D/ Laureate head of Apollo right, behind, A. R/ C. CONSIDI. Curule chair; in exergue, PAETI. Cr. 465/2a. B.2. AR. g. 4.06 mm. 19.00 Great metal and full weight. Brilliant with underlying luster. Gash on reverse and consequent flatness on obverse, otherwise about EF.

An interesting overweight example, despite the gash across the reverse surface. (C. Stannard "The adjustment al marco of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging " in "Metallurgy in numismatics vol 3 " Royal Numismatic Society, 1993).
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