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Crawford 455/1, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, Restio AR Denarius
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Rome, Moneyer Issues of the Imperatorial Period.
C. Antius Restiio, 47 BC
Rome Mint
Obv: RESTIO; Head of Restio right.
Rev: C ANTIVS C F; Hercules advancing right with club and trophy.
Reference: Crawford 455/1b; HCRI 34; Sydenham 970 var (no cloak over arm); Banti Antia 1/2 (this coin illustrated); G. Lahusen, Die Bildnismunzen Der Romischen Republik, pl. 61, no. 37 (this coin illustrated)
Provenance: ex Student & Mentor Collection [NAC 83 (20 May 2015) Lot 411]; ex F. Sternberg VII (1977), Lot 448; ex Carlo Crippa List 3 (1967), Lot 394.
This is a rare variety of Restio denarius, on which Hercules bears no cloak over his left arm. Banti's corpus contains only three examples of this variety, one of which is this coin.
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