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Seven Rare Left-Facing Bust Issues

406, Lot: 779. Estimate $200.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Claudius II Gothicus. AD 268-270. Lot of seven (7) Antoniniani. Includes the following:

1) ROME. Spes holding flower and lifting skirt; –/–//–. RIC Online 211 (this coin cited). Very rare.

2) SISCIA. As last, but I/–//–. RIC Online 663. Extremely rare.

3) CYZICUS. Felicitas holding caduceus and cornucopia; M/C//–. RIC Online 881 (this coin cited). Extremely rare, one of two currently recorded by RIC Online.

4) Hercules holding lion’s skin and leaning on club set on rock; M/C/–. RIC Online 902 (this coin). Possibly unique.

5) Two captives seated at base of trophy; –/–//–. RIC Online 986. Extremely rare.

6) ANTIOCH. Neptune holding dolphin and trident; –/–//–. RIC Online 1045. Extremely rare, one of two currently recorded by RIC Online.

7) Hercules holding club, lion’s skin, and apple; –/–//–. RIC online 1057 (this coin cited). Rare.

Fine to Good VF.


From the Finn Johannessen Collection.