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Electronic Auction 496  21 Jul 2021
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Lot 879

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1000 USD
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ROMAN IMPERIAL. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Cast WM Medal – Multiple (40mm, 23.12 g, 12h). Liberation of London. Electrotype of the now lost medal from the Arras Hoard, discovered in 1922. After an original electrotype made by Étienne Bourgey in Paris, circa 1929. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Constantius on horseback right, holding spear, approaching London kneeling in supplication before city gate; below, galley sailing right. Cf. P. Bastien, Le Tresor de Beaurains (dit d'Arras), 218 (for original). With brass plating to replicate original gold now toned, plating worn in areas, some field and edge marks. Good VF.
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