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Spring Sale 2020  25 May 2020
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Lot 554

Estimate: 350 CHF
Price realized: 700 CHF
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Sold with an Italian export licence.
The Roman Republic.
L. Marcius Censorinus. Denarius 82, AR 18 mm, 3.84 g, 6h. Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, palm. Rev. L·CENSOR Marsyas walking l. with r. arm raised and holding wine-skin over l. shoulder; behind, column bearing statue on top; in r. field, I. Babelon Marcia 24. Sydenham 737a. RBW –. Crawford 363/1a. Debernardi, Campana, Lippi, Passehl, I DENARI DI L.CENSOR CON SIMBOLI/LETTERE (RRC 363/1a-c), in Monete Antiche 2018, 127 and pl. II. 125 (this coin illustrated).
Light iridescent tone and extremely fine

Ex Nomisma 43, 2011, 62. This coin is sold with an export licence issued by the Republic of Italy.
Starting from this lot the specimens with symbols are presented. They all appear in the new updated catalogue recently published in I DENARI DI L.CENSOR CON SIMBOLI/LETTERE (RRC 363/1a-c), Monete Antiche Nov.Dic. 2018, pp. 25-47. The symbols (on obverse) and letters/numerals (on reverse) have almost doubled compared to those listed in RRC.
This coin is depicted in Fig.4d of the cited paper, no. 127 of its catalog and 25) in Tavola 1, as prototype for Palm/I pair.
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