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LOT 3276
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Treveri mint(?). [...] VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / VIR[...]VG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. Cf. RIC V.2 78; cf. RIC V.4 562. Very Fine. Double struck.(2.40gr, 21mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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