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Sale 45    13–15 Jul 1994      Melbourne

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Lot 1820      

Estimate $5,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $4,500

AUREUS ROME MINT (STRUCK 80 A.D.) Obv. Laureate head left Rev. TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII PP dolphin coiled around anchor (RIC 26;Sear -). Planchet flaw on reverse otherwise good extremely fine.

RIC suggests that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius prompted the issue of the 'supplication' coins showing the emblems of the gods; the dolphin and anchor would represent Neptune.

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