Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 4810 Session 16 (9.30am Saturday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $180
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SOLD $120
LUCILLA, wife of Lucius Verus, (died A.D.182), AE dupondius or as, Rome mint, (11.378 grams), obv. draped bust to right of Lucilla with hair bound up behind head, around [LVCILLAE AVG] ANTONINI AVG F, rev. PV[DICIT]IA around, Pudicitia veiled seated to left, hand raised to mouth, S C across, (S.1584, RIC 1759, C.64). Attractive green patina, off centred on obverse and reverse, otherwise good very fine/very fine and scarce.
Ex Leopold G. P. Messenger Collection, Glendining's London Sale, November 21, 1951 (lot 174 part) and purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons March 1953 by Cornelius C. Vermeule III, whose Collection was sold in Triton III (lot 1713 part) for the benefit of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, with his ticket.
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