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Electronic Auction #28  9 December 2014
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Lot 108

Starting price: 35 USD
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LICINIUS II. AD 314-324. AE follis. EX ANS/HUNTINGTON. (20mm, 2.13g). Heraclea mint. Struck AD 321-324.
D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C. Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding round shield and spear over shoulder / IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter standing left, holding small Victory on globe and scepter set on ground; to left, eagle standing left, head upturned right, with wreath in beak; to right, bound captive seated right. RIC VII 54. Ex Huntington. Ex American Numismatic Society #1001.1.27894. VF.

Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955) was one of the greatest philanthropists of the 20th century. A life-long friend of the arts, he supported many museums and institutions. He put together the greatest collection of Spanish art and artifacts in America, for which he founded and built in 1904 his own museum, the Hispanic Society of America. Huntington's interest in Spain extended to numismatics, and he assembled an enormous collection of almost 40,000 coins, which spanned over 2,500 years from the pre-Roman period to the 19th century. (read more ...)



Estimate: $50
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