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LOT 3301
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 275. 6th officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides standing to right, holding standard in each hand, facing Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; UIXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 9; MER-RIC 1558 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine.(4.28gr, 24mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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