Virtus Shield and spear Cld

Obverse: IMPCAESMAVRSEVALEXANDERAVG
Bust laureate right, draped
Reverse: VIRTVS_(AVGVSTI), SC left and right in field
Virtus helmeted, in military dress, standing front, head right, left foot slightly advanced, left knee bent, holding vertical spear reversed in right hand and resting left hand on two oval shields at left side.
BMC 286*, RIC 624
Weight, 10.98; die axis, 12h.

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curtislclay

[May 27, 2009 at 01:27 AM]

BM 286* (Rome, the same Gnecchi specimen also reported by C. 589). Apparently a rare type on middle bronzes; the As not in BM or Paris, the dupondius to be expected but not yet recorded.

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