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LOT 2885
P. Licinius Nerva AR Denarius. 113-112 BC. Rome mint.
Helmeted bust of Roma to left, holding shield and spear over shoulder; crescent above, ROMA upwards behind, mark of value before / Three citizens voting on comitium: one voter receives ballot from attendant below, another voter places ballot in cista; P • NERVA above. Crawford 292/1; BMCRR Italy 526-8; RSC Licinia 7. Good.(2.81gr, 17mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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