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LOT 3185
Postumus(?) BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Local imitation. Blundered legend, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopiae with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Cologne). Good Very Fine.(2.43gr, 17mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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