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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 1000 CHF
Hammer Price:  1600 CHF
Lot 306
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Divus Antoninus Pius, died 161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 22.86 g, 12 h), struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, Rome, 161, and later. DIVVS ANTONINVS Bare head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. CONSECRATIO / S C Four-tiered funeral pyre, decorated with garlands and surmounted by a quadriga. BMC 873 (M. Aurelius and L. Verus). Cohen 165 var (S C in exergue). RIC 1266 (Marcus Aurelius). An impressive piece with a dark green patina. Some minor marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex NAC 114, 6 May 2019, 1570, and from the collection of E. Dresse de Lébioles, acquired from the collections of Capt. E. G. Spencer Churchill, Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, 1697, C. S. Bement, Naville VIII, 25 June 1924, 948 (bought by Baldwin's on behalf of Churchill), and "a well-known Russian Amateur", Hirsch XXV, 29 November (4 December) 1909, 3310 (bought by Spinks in London).

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 1 Jul 2025, 23:25:29 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1600 CHF
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