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Lot 3418 SESSION 11 (Friday at 9.30am) Roman
Estimate $160
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SOLD $300
VESPASIAN, (A.D. 69-79), AE dupondius, Lugdunum mint, issued A.D. 77-8, (13.278 grams), obv. laureate head of Vespasian to right, around IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P, rev. around FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, (S.2347, RIC 753b, C.166). Brown patina, very fine and rare.
Ex Davissons Ltd, Auction Sale 14, November 15, 2000 (lot 243) and previously from CNA (CNG) Auction Sale XIV, March 1991 (lot 822).
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Estimate $160
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