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Electronic Auction 340  3 December 2014
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Lot 588

Estimate: 75 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AR "Denarius" (17mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Forgery by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. ΙΟΥΛΙΑΝ ΑΦΠΟΔ ΔΙΤΗΝ, wreathed head of the Julian Aphrodite right / C · VIBIVS VARVS, Venus standing left, back facing; column to right. Hill 146; Gorny & Mosch 204, lot 2930. Near EF, toned.

Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24818.

The inscription on the obverse is borrowed from a bronze coin of Pergamum with the busts of Julia and Livia.
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