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                        Lot: 433

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Macrianus. AD 260-261. AV aureus (4.81 
gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Macrianus (AD 260-261). Gold aureus (4.81 
                        gm). Antioch. IMP C FVL MACRIANVS P F AVG, laureate, 
                        cuirassed bust right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left 
                        above shield, holding Victory and spear. RIC 2 (R4). 
                        Cohen 10 (Paris, 2,000 Fr.). Göbl, MIR 36, 43, 44, no. 
                        1738a (2 specimens). Extremely rare: apparently only the 
                        sixth known aureus of Macrianus, and the third known 
                        with this reverse type. Scrape in hair and several 
                        scratches on reverse, yet virtually mint state and 
                        probably the finest of the six recorded aurei of 
                        Macrianus, several of which are pierced 

                        The two previously published aurei of Macrianus with 
                        this reverse type are: (1) a holed specimen in Paris, 
                        illustrated as Cohen 10 and quite probably from the same 
                        dies as the present specimen; (2) the Trau Collection 
                        piece (3023), which is also holed and shares the same 
                        reverse die as our example. The three other known aurei 
                        of Macrianus have the reverse types CONSERVATRICI AVGG, 
                        Diana (Göbl 1729i, two specimens, the illustrated one 
                        being in the BM), and VICTORIA AVGG (Göbl 1744a, unique 
                        in Berlin). 
                        Estimated Value: $ 175,000 




...Lot was unsold.
 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

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