Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 924
Roman Imperial
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Cornelia Supera. Augusta, AD 253. AR Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.47 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aemilian. C CORNEL S VPERA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 30 (Aemilian); RSC 5; Hunter 1. Toned, porous, flan crack. Good VF. Very rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 94 (16 December 2003), lot 473. Reportedly 1936 Dorchester, Dorset Hoard (IRBCH 470).The Dorchester Hoard of 1936 was composed of 22,121 coins, mostly antoninianii; one of the largest hoards of Roman coins found in Great Britain. Only two of the massive quantity of antoninianii were issues of Cornelia Supera.
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