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Keystone Auction 6  11 Mar 2022
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Lot 3240

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 45 USD
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Philip I. AD 244-249. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 4.08 g, 12h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. 6th emission, AD 246. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 27b; RSC 9. VF, toned, roughness.

From the Ken Bressett Collection. Ex Dorchester hoard; Joe Powers 1950 @ $2.

The Dorchester hoard was found in Dorchester England in 1936 and was the largest Roman coin find to have been discovered at the time. The hoard consisted of over 22,000 coins, mostly Antoniniani. Several thousand coins were kept by the British Museum and the Dorchester Museum. The remainder was dispersed into the market by Seaby Coins
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