MDC Monnaies de Collection
721
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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721
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
See original version (French)
Estimate €500
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Diocletian (284–305). Argenteus ND (c. 294), Rome.
Obverse: DIOCLETI – ANVS AVG. Laureate bust facing right.
Rev. VIRTVS - MILITVM. The tetrarchs offering sacrifices on a tripod in front of a camp gate.
RIC.27a; Silver – 2.96 g – 17.5 mm – 6 h
Acquired from Trelman in 2009, and may (according to its label) originate from the Beaurains Hoard, also known as the Arras Hoard, which was unearthed in 1922 by workers at a brickworks, in the clay layer they were due to excavate. This exceptional hoard included “around forty gold medallions, two or three hundred gold and silver coins, cameos, jewellery and various silverware items” (Bastien, p.11). The very day after the discovery, a significant portion was stolen by the discoverers. Following lengthy negotiations between the town of Arras, the landowner and the discoverers’ lawyers, the agreement dividing the find between the town and the landowner was signed in 1927. As for the misappropriated coins, they were gradually sold off by the labourers, the majority of which were purchased directly from them by Ch. Dupriez, an expert in Brussels.
In its original mint condition, with golden highlights on the original lustre. Uncirculated.
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