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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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900
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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Estimate €20,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Valerian I (253–260). Gold quinarius (light aureus) ND (257–260), Cologne.
Obv. VALERIANVS P F AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right.
Rev. VIRTVS - AVGG. Military Virtue standing facing left, holding a spear and a victoriola.
Calicó cf. 3454 (Lyon) – RIC cf. 3 v. (Lyon) – Göbl/MIR 887b; Gold – 1.88 g – 17 mm – 6 h
From a Stack’s auction, 14 August 2019, lot 20098, then NAC 146, 8 May 2024, lot 2379.
Small in size and light in weight, in the format of a gold quinar: this type is recorded by Göbl, who cites only one known example. This therefore appears to be the second known example! Minimal hairline marks in the gilded fields. Superb.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force under national law from 1 January 2025, European buyers will also be required to pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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