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Ilion (AD 193-211) AE 35 - Septimius Severus
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Septimius Severus, 193-211 AD. AE35 (30.01g, 6h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hector, with shield over back, holding spear, reins, and Nike, in quadriga right; ЄKTΩP above, IΛIEΩN in exergue. Good VF, red and brown patina, minor patches of roughness on reverse. Rare and interesting mythological type. Only one known to Bellinger at the time of his publication (in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). From the R. D. Frederick Coll. Ex Gemini I (1/2005), lot 398.
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