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E-Sale 96  5 May 2022
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Lot 968

Estimate: 150 GBP
Price realized: 130 GBP
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M. Volteius M. f. AR Denarius. Rome, 75 BC. Laureate head of Jupiter to right / Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, with closed doors, winged thunderbolt in pediment; M•VOLTEI•M•[F] in exergue. Crawford 385/1; Sydenham 77; RBW 1414; RSC Volteia 1. 3.81g, 18mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Acquired from Leu Numismatik AG;
Ex Red Ox Collection;
Ex Adolf Picek Collection;
Reportedly in the possession of an Italian banker at the beginning of the 20th century, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his saviour with 'four socks of old coins' in reward.
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