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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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911
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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Estimate €40,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Licinius I (308–324). Aureus ND (312), Rome.
Obverse: LICINI – Reverse: AVG. Laurel-wreathed head facing right.
Rev. GLORIA EXE - R - CITI AVGG NN / PR. The Emperor on horseback facing left, raising his right hand and holding a globe in his left hand.
Calicó 5093 - RIC.- - Depeyrot 17/3; Gold – 4.61 g – 17 mm – 6 h
From an NFA II sale, 25–26 March 1976, lot 467; subsequently in the Phoibos collection, Künker sale 326, 7 October 2019, lot 1619 and finally NGSA 13 sale, 15 November 2021, lot 95.
A minute trace of a test mark on the edge at 5 o’clock on the reverse, barely visible. Slight signs of wear on the obverse with a few scratches on the bust. Extremely rare and perhaps the only known example of this type! Superb / Superb, near-mint condition.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law from 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 in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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