Roman Silver & Bronze
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Lot 3298 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $70
Q. OPIMIUS, (169-158 B.C.), Rome mint, AE as, (24.12 grams), obv. head of Janus, I above, rev. prow to right, ROMA below, OPEI above, I to right; another Valerius, similar VAL monogram above, (20.03 grams), another uncertain moneyer AT or TA, similar AT monogram above, (24.20 grams), C. Scribonius, similar [C] SCR above, (27.67 grams), (S.701, 710, 707, 718, Cr.190/1, 191/1, 192/1, 201/2, Syd.363, 356, 372, 380). Very good - good fine, all very scarce. (4)
Ex Colin E. Pitchfork Collection and Noble Numismatics Sale 62 (lot 2245), and previously from Mark Marsham collection, M.R. Roberts March 16, 1984 for the first coin; Glendining's London, November 7, 1979 (lot 186 part) for the second and fourth coins.
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