Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 2803 SESSION 13 (11.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $2,000
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CLODIUS ALBINUS, (195-197 A.D.), silver denarius, (2.85 g), Lugdunum Mint, 2nd emission, issued 196-197, obv. IMP CAE D CLO SEP ALB AVG, laureate head of Clodius Albinus to right, rev. FIDES LEGION COS II around, holding aquila, the eagle perched on a thunderbolt, held by clasped human hands, (S.6166, RIC 20b [Pl II , 19 [same obverse die as illustration], RSC 24, BMC 284, Pl.12, 16 [sae obverse die]). Extremely fine with a delightful grey patination, very rare.
Ex Triton XXIII, (lot 780) January 14-15, 2020, coming from the Jack A. Frazer Collection, ex Classical Numismatic Review XXII [Fall/ Winter 1997] No. 94; from the James Fox Collection (CNG Group 40 with Numismatic Ars Classica), 4 December 1996 (lot 1562).
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