Special issues. Q. Oppius. 46 BC. Æ Dupondius(?) (28.5mm, 12.88 g, 12h). Italian(?) mint.

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Lot: 264. Estimated: $ 300

Selections from the Andrew McCabe Collection, Bronze

Sold For $ 375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Special issues. Q. Oppius. 46 BC. Æ Dupondius(?) (28.5mm, 12.88 g, 12h). Italian(?) mint. Diademed head of Venus right; [crescent] before, capricorn behind / Victory advancing left, head right, holding palm frond and plate of fruit; thunderbolt to lower right. Crawford 550/2f; CRI 507; Sydenham 1277a; RPC I 602; RBW –. Dark green and reddish brown patina. VF. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection.

Obverse symbols: capricorn behind head, [crescent before]; reverse symbol: thunderbolt in right field. See Marta Barbato, “The Coins of Clovius and Oppius (RRC 476/1 and 550/1-3): New Evidence from Find-spots” (Numismatic Chronicle 2015), pp. 103-116. Barbato suggests that this coinage was struck in Rome, circa 46-45 BC, alongside the Clovius bronze issue. Bernhard Woytek in Arma et Nummi also makes the same proposal. One reason that in the past this coinage had not been linked to the Clovius issue was a perception based on late 19th century analyses by Bahrfeldt that the Oppius issue was made from regular bronze whereas the Clovius issue was of orichalcum. [Andrew McCabe]

Closing Date and Time: 15 July 2020 at 11:27:40 ET.

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