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Possible Ancient Weight?

408, Lot: 570. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian II. AD 375-392. AR Siliqua (14mm, 1.22 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck AD 388-392. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; LVGP. RIC IX 43a.2; Lyon 211; RSC 76†c. Fine, toned, holed and plugged in antiquity, porous. With such an elaborate plug, it is possible this piece was used as a weight.