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                        Lot: 359

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                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Diva Marciana, sister of Trajan. Died AD 
                        112. AE sestertius (24.46 gm).

                        ROMAN EMPIRE: Diva Marciana (sister of Trajan, died AD 
                        112). Orichalcum sestertius (24.46 gm). Rome, ca. AD 
                        112-113. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, draped bust right / 
                        CONSECRATIO S C, carpentum drawn right by two mules. 
                        BMCRE 1085. Strack 445. Cohen 11 (corr.) (350 Fr.). RIC 
                        749 (corr.) (R3). Extremely rare. Smoothed. Fine 

                        Ex Garrett Collection (Leu/NFA Garrett Sale III, 29 
                        March 1985, lot 431, part). 

                        This is the rarest reverse type of the rare sestertii of 
                        Marciana, almost never obtainable by a private 
                        collector. Strack 445 lists five specimens in museums, 
                        one of which (illustrated by Bernhart, Handbuch, pl. 53, 
                        11) is from the same reverse die as the present example. 
                        The BM specimen is said to be "probably false," and 
                        there are no specimens in Glasgow or in the rich private 
                        collections of Mazzini, Vierordt, Trau, Hall, Ryan, 
                        Steinberg, Friedrich, or Benz. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 800 




...Sold for $2,100 USD [ approx 1596 EUR, 1113 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).