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Didius Julianus and His Family, Num. Chronicle
1961, p. 80 and pl. 10.2
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Bust of Sol
193.
Septimius Severus.
193-211 AD. Aureus, 7.30g
(12h). Rome, 207 AD. Obv: SEVERVS - PIVS
AVG Head laureate right. Rx: PACATOR - ORBIS
Radiate, draped bust of Sol right. Rare: only 15
other specimens in C. Clay’s unpublished die cata-
logue, from ten obverse and five reverse dies. BM
353. Calicó 2487a (same dies). Cohen 355 (200 Fr.).
RIC 282 (R2). Near Mint State
$10,000
Ex Triton V, 15-16 January 2002, lot 2015
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Extremely rare VICTORIAE BRIT Aureus
194.
Caracalla.
198-217 AD. Aureus, 7.46g (5h). Rome,
210-11 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS - PIVS AVG Head
laureate right, with fold of cloak on front shoulder
and behind neck. Rx: VICTORIAE BRIT Victory
seated left on shields, balancing shield on knee and
holding palm. BM 519, pl. 41.5 (same dies). Cohen
633 corr. (citing BM, 150 Fr.). Calicó 2831 (this
coin). RIC 174 (R2). Apparently only the second
specimen recorded after that in BM. Mint State
$20,000
Ex Triton VI,14-15 January 2003, lot 1011
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The British Victory types of the Severan family are
all extremely rare in gold. Technically a mule from
an old obverse die, since the British Victory reverse
type means that the emperors had accepted the title
Britannicus which should have been recorded in the
obverse legend
.
195.
AE 25, 9.36g (1h). Bithynia, Nicaea. Obv:
ANTΩNINOC - AVΓOVCTOC Head laureate right.
Rx: NI - KAI across field, EΩN in exergue, Six-
columned temple, pellet in pediment. RG 476 (4
spec.). BM 79. Glossy dark green patina
$750
Ex Helios 3, 29 April 2009, lot 178
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