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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Empire (AD 269-271). AV aureus (19mm, 4.83 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Uncertain Southern mint. IMP VICTORINVS P F AVG, laureate bust of Victorinus right, slight drapery on left shoulder / LEG II TRAIANA, Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, right hand on grounded club, bow in left hand, lion skin draped on left arm; P-F across fields. RIC V.II 13 corr. (obverse legend, Sol jugate bust type). Cohen 59 (citing Strasbourg, 600 francs). Calicó 3828 (this coin). Schulte 31a, pl. 19 (this coin). An absolutely stunning aureus, superbly struck from magnificent style dies on gleaming flan. A centerpiece coin worthy of the finest collection. Apparently the second recorded specimen, after the Strasbourg example.
Ex Harlan Berk, private sale with old dealer tag; Tkalec (7 May 2006), lot 227; Glendining (1950); Hall (1945); M. Paul Vautier and Prof. Maxime Collignon Collections (Naville II, 12 June 1922), lot 1605.
Legio II Traiana was founded by Trajan, circa AD 105, for the campaigns in Dacia. in AD 117, and again from AD 132-136, it was assigned to keep peace in Judaea. It was transferred to Nicopolis in Roman Egypt in AD 125, and shared a camp with Legio XXII Deiotariana. By the time of Marcus Aurelius, Legio II Traiana was the only legion stationed in Roman Egypt. During the reign of Caracalla, it was involved in the campaign against the German tribes and received the cognomen Germanica. The legion's symbol was Hercules, hence the depiction of the demigod on the reverse of this exquisite type.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Empire (AD 269-271). AV aureus (19mm, 4.83 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Uncertain Southern mint. IMP VICTORINVS P F AVG, laureate bust of Victorinus right, slight drapery on left shoulder / LEG II TRAIANA, Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, right hand on grounded club, bow in left hand, lion skin draped on left arm; P-F across fields. RIC V.II 13 corr. (obverse legend, Sol jugate bust type). Cohen 59 (citing Strasbourg, 600 francs). Calicó 3828 (this coin). Schulte 31a, pl. 19 (this coin). An absolutely stunning aureus, superbly struck from magnificent style dies on gleaming flan. A centerpiece coin worthy of the finest collection. Apparently the second recorded specimen, after the Strasbourg example.
Ex Harlan Berk, private sale with old dealer tag; Tkalec (7 May 2006), lot 227; Glendining (1950); Hall (1945); M. Paul Vautier and Prof. Maxime Collignon Collections (Naville II, 12 June 1922), lot 1605.
Legio II Traiana was founded by Trajan, circa AD 105, for the campaigns in Dacia. in AD 117, and again from AD 132-136, it was assigned to keep peace in Judaea. It was transferred to Nicopolis in Roman Egypt in AD 125, and shared a camp with Legio XXII Deiotariana. By the time of Marcus Aurelius, Legio II Traiana was the only legion stationed in Roman Egypt. During the reign of Caracalla, it was involved in the campaign against the German tribes and received the cognomen Germanica. The legion's symbol was Hercules, hence the depiction of the demigod on the reverse of this exquisite type.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 80000-100000 USD