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Buy or Bid Sale 222  23 Mar 2023
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Lot 325

Estimate: 450 USD
Price realized: 300 USD
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Valerian I. ; Valerian I; 253-260 AD, Iconium, Lycaonia, AE 29x29.5, 15.62g. Aulock, Lykaonien-352-3 (2 spec., both same dies as ours). Obv: IMP C P L[IC] VALERIHNVS R F AVG (sic: H for A and R for P towards end) Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: ICONIENSIVM COL around (the L of COL is backwards and upside down), S R in exergue,
The Roman she-wolf standing r. suckling Romulus and Remus. From the Mark Gibbons Collection, ex Naumann 89, 3 May 2020, lot 313. Very rare, apparently only about ten specimens known, all from the same pair of dies.Exceptional issue; green patina, cameoed with light encrustation. EF
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