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ID:     III-173
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Clodius Macer
Date Ruled:     AD 68
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 68
Weight:     3.80 g
Obverse Legend:     L CLODIVS MACER / C - S
Obverse Description:     Bare head right
Reverse Legend:     PROPRA_E AFRICAE
Reverse Description:     Warship to right with 9 oars and 4 oarsmen
Exergue:     AFRICAE
Mint:     Carthage
Primary Reference:     RIC I unlisted
Reference2:     CNG 46 (1998), lot 1186 (same obverse die)
Reference3:     Hewitt 48 var. (same reverse die)
Photograph Credit:     Freeman & Sear
Source:     http://www.freemanandsear.com/
Special Comments:     apparently from an unpublished die pairing and one of only a handful of Clodius Macer portrait denarii known to exist.
Price Sold For:     75000 USD
Date Sold:     01/03/2012
Grade:     aEF
Notes:     (1) This combination of oars and oarsmen is unrecorded in RIC for this issue (note the C - S instead of S - C) (2) See RIC I 042 for similar issue (3) Freeman & Sear Manhattan Sale III, Lot 173