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13129 Click to enlarge photo | Anonymous issues, time of Hadrian to Antoninus Pius, 117-161. Copper Quadrans (2.71g).Veiled head of the personification of Winter as a young boy to right, wearing wreath of reeds. Rev. S?C within olive wreath.EF. An exceptionally attractive piece with a lovely green patina. One of the finest handful known pieces of not the finest.Cohen VIII -. RIC II -. Van Heesch 1 and pl. XXV, 3. The young child portrayed on the obverse of this series of quadrantes was long regarded as Annius Verus, the second son of Marcus Aurelius. However, modern research has shown that these coins show personifications of the four seasons - in the case of this coin, it is the personification of Winter. (P) | SOLD at A$650 | ||
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