Anthemius. AD 467-472. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.44 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Struck AD 467-470. Good VF.CNG Feature Auction 127 Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Anthemius. AD 467-472. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.44 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Struck AD 467-470. D N ANTHEMIV S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / SALVS REI PV BLICAE, crowned facing figures of Leo I and Anthemius, both wearing military attire and holding spear in outer hand, together holding globus cruciger between them; MD//COMOB. RIC X 2888 (this coin cited); Ulrich-Bansa, Moneta 125 and pl. XII, 125 (this coin); Toffanin 526/3; Lacam Class I, Type 1, p. 481 and pl. CXXIV (this coin cited and illustrated); Depeyrot 29/5 (this coin cited). Toned, marks, graffiti and scrape on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare and possibly unique. The only example cited by every reference as recently as Depeyrot’s 2004 corpus and by Toffanin in 2014. Published first by Ulrich-Bansa in 1949. Click here for a video presentation on this coin. |