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Sale 42
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 146 |
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Roman Empire. Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE Sestertius struck 139 AD. Laureate head right of Antoninus Pius. Reverse: Fides standing right, holding corn-ears and basket of fruit. RIC 546; C. 846. Some light granularity; brown patination, and possessing an excellent portrait. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $125 - 225.
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$132 |
Lot 147 |
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Rome. Diocletian, 284-305 AD. AR Argenteus, Thessalonica mint, struck c. 302 AD. Laureate head right. Reverse Three-turreted camp gate, open, no doors; T.S.B. in exergue. Officina B. RIC 15a (R4); RSC 520d. Beautiful strike, metal, and tone. A gem! Very rare. Superb Extremely Fine-Mint State.
Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,350.
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$1,610 |
Lot 148 |
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Rome. Honorius, 393-423 AD. Gold Solidus (4.39 g), Milan mint, struck c. 395-423 AD. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Emperor in military attire right, holding labarum and Victory on globus, foot on captive; VICTORI - AAVGGG; M-D, COMOB. RIC X, 1206; Depeyrot 16/2. Sharply struck and very lustrous. A few light hairlines on obverse. Attractive, on generous flan. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 650.
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$863 |
Lot 149 |
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Roman Empire. Theodosius II, 402-450 AD. Gold Semissis (2.24 g), Constantinople mint, struck c. 430-440/450 AD. Extremely Rare. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing on round shield: "+ / xxx v;" legend, VICTORIA AVGG, CONOB; star at left, Chi-Rho at right. RIC 37; Depeyrot 80/4. Pleasant style, and sharp strike. Very lustrous, with slight brown toning in the recesses. Good Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $600 - 750.
Ex Marc Poncin Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch Sale 126 (10-14-03), lot 2889. Kent, in the RIC, cites the only example known to him of this type, that being in the Bibliotheque National. The Dr. Robert Hesselgesser Collection.
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$920 |
Lot 150 |
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Interesting Graeco-Roman Sealing. Rome, c. 50 BC-150 AD. The irregular lump of fine-grain reddish clay, showing deeply impressed finger prints, and on the back, the texture of papyrus sheet. Impressed motif from a very stylish "symbol" seal with Dionysian theme -- a youthful maenad face and a bearded satyr face comprising two elements of a profile elephant head. Cf. Henig, Engraved Gems from Gadara, no. 309 (but having three faces). Item intact. Length: 20 mm. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $150 - 175.
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$150 |
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