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LOT 3156
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
IMP C VICTORIN[VS P F AVG], radiate and cuirassed (?) bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton above globe with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 61. Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.(2.50gr, 22mm. 12h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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