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Auction LIII  2-3 May 2020
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Lot 155

Starting price: 250 EUR
Price realized: 1100 EUR
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Female head series (Horatius?). AR Denarius, c. 206-200 BC. D/ Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X. R/ The Dioscuri galloping right; below horses, female head right; in exergue, ROMA. Cr. 127/1; B. (Horatia) 1. AR. g. 3.75 mm. 19.50 RR. Very rare. Superb and lightly toned. About EF.

This denarius was restored by Trajan with the word Cocles added, the assumed name (Horatius) of the moneyer. The female head may be that of Horatia, the betrothed of one of Curiatii. (RSC I, p. 52, Horatia 1 note).
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