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Auction: 20123 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 3 - Part I: The Penny: 'From Actium to the Anarchy' (31BC - AD 1154)
Lot: 1512

Vespasian (69-79), AR Denarius, AD 70-71, Rome, rev. AVGVR TRI POT, 3.05g, 6h (RIC 30; RSC 43), fine or near so and with a solid provenance to an insightful Romano-British third Century coin hoard

Provenance
Sold by Lobel through 'The Phoenix' Newsletter, 2005, ref. HLD2
DNW 65, 16 March 2005, lot 4 [part]
Holme Hoard, Lincolnshire, deposited c. AD 209 (BM ref. 2003T225 and Treasure Annual Report, 2003, 363 | this coin: no. 16)



The Holme Hoard was discovered on ploughed farmland by Messrs. Robinson and Sparks on the 23 November 2003. The find comprised 408 silver Denarii dating from the 1st Century BC to the Severan period and the fragmentary remains of a storage jar or flagon. Examined by the British Museum, 115 coins were accessioned into the national collection, whilst the remaining 293 were disclaimed and sold at public auction where Lobel acquired the balance en bloc for £4,000 [HP]. All lots are provided with the British Museum hoard number, RIC reference and metric weight.

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