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Auction 73  8 May 2022
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Lot 652

Starting price: 150 GBP
Price realized: 1450 GBP
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Constantius Caesar, 293-305 lated electrotype of an AV Medallion Treviri 297, PB 42.00 mm., 23.32 g.
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Constantius, holding spear, on horseback r., approaching kneeling Britannia with outstretched arms before the city gates of London; below Constantius, galley with four soldiers sailing right; LON below Britannia, PTR in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 34 = Arras 218 = Kent-Hirmer pl. 152, 585 = Toynbee pl. 8, 4 (for original).

Extremely fine

From the collection of a Mentor.

Copy of medallions from the Arras Hoard made by the Parisian dealer M. Etienne Bourgey in the 1920s.. A copy of the famous and unique medallion from the Arras Hoard, showing Constantius entering the city of London after recovering Britannia from Allectus.
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