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LOT 3286
L. Procilius AR Denarius. 80 BC. Rome mint.
Laureate head of Jupiter to right; S • C downwards behind / Juno Sospita advancing to right, hurling spear and holding shield decorated with thunderbolt; serpent to right, L • PROCILI • F downwards in two lines to left. Crawford 379/1; BMCRR Rome 3147-9; RSC Procilia 1. Near Very Fine.(3.74gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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