NumisBids
  
Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 14  12-13 Dec 2020
View prices realized

Lot 1736

Starting price: 50 CHF
Price realized: 70 CHF
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. 'Aureus' (Subargentum, 19 mm, 3.46 g, 12 h), 'Derived Gordian Group B'. ΛΛSSSIIIVV[...]SΛO - ΛΠΠSSSOIIΛΛ Laureate, draped and cuirassed imperial bust to right, seen from behind. Rev. ΛIISSSOOOΛΛ[...¨]ΛIOIIΛO Fides (?) standing front, holding signum in each hand. Aurum Barbarorum I & II -. Holed, broken, glued and with some breaks in plating, otherwise, very fine.


From the Aurum Barbarorum Collection.

The figure on the reverse of this unusual subargentum 'aureus' is most likely derived from Fides holding two signa.
Question about this auction? Contact Leu Numismatik AG