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Electronic Auction 561  1 May 2024
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Lot 568

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus. 62 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Veiled and diademed head of Concordia right / Trophy; to left, three captives (King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons) standing right; to right, Paullus standing left. Crawford 415/1; Sydenham 926; Aemilia 10; RBW 1497. Light iridescent tone. In NGC encapsulation 6206039-008, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5.

From the William B. Porter Collection.

This coin commemorates the victories of the moneyer's supposed ancestor, L. Aemilius Paullus (in fact they were only distantly related). The word TER on the reverse refers to Paullus' three triumphs: in Spain in 190, Liguria in 181 and at the famous battle of Pydna in 168, when the Romans extinguished the independent Macedonian kingdom.
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