| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 345 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Aurum Barbarorum. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. 'Aureus' (Subaeratus, 19 mm, 3.09 g, 6 h), 'Plated Group'. Imitating Probus (?), 276-282. IIIIO - IIH Laureate and cuirassed imperial bust to left. Rev. II IƧIΘ Θ / ΘƧΘ Two male figures standing left and right; the one on the right holds a long scepter ending in a knot in his right hand; the one on the left holds a shorter scepter ending in a 'treetop' in his right hand and places an uncertain object on a tripod between them. Aurum Barbarorum -, cf II, 1913 = IV, 409 (same reverse die, but differing obverse type). An attractive piece with exceptionally intact gold plating. Pierced and with an area of weakness on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of Dr. Lars Ramskold, ex Hirsch 323, 22 September 2016, 2621. This and the following lot 346 were struck from the same pair of dies. Estimate: 250 CHF |  |
