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LOT 3702
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Circa mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). Good Very Fine.(2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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