Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 1836 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $300
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SOLD $180
CLODIUS ALBINUS, (A.D. 195-197), silver denarius, Rome mint (RIC), but now attributed (by Bickford-Smith) to Alexandria mint, issued A.D. 193, (2.92 grams), obv. bare head of Clodius Albinus to right, around D CLOD SEP T ALBIN CAES, rev. around [FELICI] TA S COS II, Felicitas standing to left holding sceptre and caduceus, (S.6141, cf.RIC 4, cf.RSC 15). Large head type, nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Antiquarius, New Zealand with their ticket. See Roger A. Bickford-Smith, 'The Imperial Mints in the East for Septimius Severus', Rivista Italiana, 1994/1995, No.8 (Pl.I, 8), for the attribution of this rare type to Alexandria mint.
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