Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143Auction date: 7 May 2024
Lot number: 323

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The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Republic.
C. Coelius Caldus. Denarius 51, AR 18 mm, 4.18 g. C·COEL·CALDVS Head of C. Coelius Caldus r.; below, COS and, behind, tablet inscribed L·D. Rev. CALDVS·IIIVIR Head of Sol r.; behind, S / oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; before, Macedonian shield. Babelon Coelia 4. Sydenham 892. FFC 584 (this coin). RBW –. Crawford 437/1b.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Two wonderful portraits,
perfectly centred on a large flan, an almost invisible mark on obverse,
otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex NAC 11, 1998, 281 and Aureo & Calicó 319, 2018, Alba Longa, 253 sales.

Estimate: 3500 CHF