Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 4804 Session 16 (9.30am Saturday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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SOLD $180
LUCIUS VERUS, (A.D. 161-169), silver denarius, issued 165, Rome mint, (3.406 grams), obv. IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head to right, rev. Providentia standing to left, holding globe and cornucopiae, around PROV DEOR IMP II COS II, (cf.S.5354, cf.RIC 482, cf.RSC 156). Good very fine/very fine and unpublished for this reverse legend, probably unique.
Ex Patrick Cooper Collection with his ticket, acquired from Vecchi November 1986. The reverse legend is one altered from a die PROV DEOR TR P II COS II to read PROV DEOR IMP II COS II.
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Estimate $250
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