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Auction 10  24 Oct 2021
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Lot 2402

Estimate: 200 CHF
Price realized: 480 CHF
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UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. Aureus (Subargentum, 20 mm, 5.34 g, 3 h), 'Probus Group D'. Imitating Probus, 276-282. ƆVAƧUNI[...] OHPN Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to left, seen from behind. Rev. ՒDACՒIO Victory driving fast biga to left, holding branch in her right hand and reins in her left. Cf. Aurum Barbarorum II, 1905-1906 (for similar reverses). Holed and with numerous breaks in plating, otherwise, fine.


From the Aurum Barbarorum Collection.

This is a rare case of a subargentum coin, meaning that the core consists of silver and not of bronze, with a thin layer of gold around it.
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