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Coin Detail
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ID:
III-173
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Clodius Macer
Date Ruled:
AD 68
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Denarius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 68
Weight:
3.80 g
Obverse Legend:
L CLODIVS MACER / C - S
Obverse Description:
Bare head right
Reverse Legend:
PROPRA_E AFRICAE
Reverse Description:
Warship to right with 9 oars and 4 oarsmen
Exergue:
AFRICAE
Mint:
Carthage
Primary Reference:
RIC I unlisted
Reference2:
CNG 46 (1998), lot 1186 (same obverse die)
Reference3:
Hewitt 48 var. (same reverse die)
Photograph Credit:
Freeman & Sear
Source:
http://www.freemanandsear.com/
Special Comments:
apparently from an unpublished die pairing and one of only a handful of Clodius Macer portrait denarii known to exist.
Price Sold For:
75000 USD
Date Sold:
01/03/2012
Grade:
aEF
Notes:
(1) This combination of oars and oarsmen is unrecorded in RIC for this issue (note the C - S instead of S - C) (2) See RIC I 042 for similar issue (3) Freeman & Sear Manhattan Sale III, Lot 173
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