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Obolos 19

8 May 2021
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Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  280 CHF
Lot 1007

Honorius, 393-423. Solidus (Gold plated copper or bronze, 21 mm, 3.82 g, 5 h), an ancient counterfeit with an obverse of Honorius and a reverse of Arcadius, uncertain mint, c. 403-408 or later. D N ARCADI - VS P F AVG Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Honorius facing, holding spear over his right shoulder and with shield, ornamented with a horseman spearing a fallen foe, over his left. Rev. NOVA SPES REIPVBLICAE S / CONOB Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on her left knee a shield on which she inscribes XX/XXX. cf. Depeyrot 54/2 = RIC 29 (known only for Arcadius!). Good very fine.

Ex Obolos 13, 2 July 2019, 700.

An interesting contemporary forgery with considerable remaining gold plating.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2021, 23:23:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 15:05:02 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:280 CHF by Avianus (4 bids)
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