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16 September 2020

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№ 624

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16 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£360

Roman Provincial Coinage, BITHYNIA, Nicaea, Britannicus, [βριταννι]κοσ καισ[αρ σεβστου υιοσ], bust of Britannicus left, rev. two-tiered colonnade, 10.07g (RPC 2039; cf. Gorny & Mosch 170, 1751). Rough and pitted, otherwise about very fine with the portrait clear and in high relief, very rare £200-£260

Only a single example of this type is recorded on Coin Archives; RPC online lists two examples, both with inferior portraits to the present specimen