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Auction: 9008 - The John Marshall Collection, other Ancient, British, World Coins, Comm Medals & Books
Lot: 488

C. Vibius Varus, AV Aureus, 7.95g, Rome, 42 BC, laureate head of Apollo right, hair in knot with two locks hanging by neck, rev. c. vibivs varvs, Venus standing left by column, facing away and looking at herself in a mirror held in left hand (Cr. 494/34; Syd. 1137; Bahrfeldt 36; Sear, Imperators, 190), weakness at centre of reverse, rare, very fine Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 provenance Patrick A Doheny, Sotheby, 20 June 1979, lot 69

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