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Obverse: III VIR BROCCHI, bust of Ceres right, between wheat ear and barley corn.
Reverse: L FVRI C N F, curule chair between fasces.
Issuer: Roman Republic.
Specifications: silver, 18 mm, 3.9 g,
Grade: NGC Ch VF; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, cert. #4166941-005. Purchased raw.
Reference attribution: Rome mint, Crawford 414/1; Sydenham 902a; Furia 23a-365.*.
Provenance: ex-Joseph Mastrario, DBA Imperator Coins, Macon, Georgia, USA, 27 October 2014. Prior provenance to CNG eAuction 296, Lot 219, 13 February 2013, cited there as "ex-Chiltern collection".*
Notes: A handsome coin with attractive style and old cabinet toning which is not entirely apparent in the photographs. It appears this might have been overstruck on an earlier coin, since there are ghostly features in the blank fields around the curule chair on the reverse, but the undertype, if there was one, is too indistinct to determine. There also seems to be a die chip or other feature on the underside of Ceres' nose.
Comments: I liked this design for the portrait, and the coin for its pastel toning.
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Collection : Ancient & Medieval Coins (to 1600 AD)