Rare Cornelia Supera Provincial
Sale: Triton X, Lot: 730. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Cornelia Supera. Augusta, AD 253. Æ 21mm (4.46 g, 6h). Parium mint. G • CORN • SVPERA AVG •, draped bust right, wearing stephane / C G I H PAR, Genius standing facing, head left, holding phiale in extended right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; to left, lighted altar at feet. Cf. SNG France 1518 (for obv. type; same obv. die); SNG Tübingen -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland 15, 529 (same obv. die); Aufhäuser 3, 265. VF, black green patina with lighter green overtones. Extremely rare.