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LOT 3137
Volusian AE Mule As. AD 251-253.
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLV[SIANO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from rear / IVN[ONI MART]IALI, Juno, veiled, seated
to left on throne, holding two corn ears in her right hand and globe in her left; S C below. RIC IV.3 - (for reverse cf.109 for Sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus); Cohen -. Near Very Fine. Green patina. Not in the standard references and apparently unique.(12.49gr, 27mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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