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403069. Sold For $245

ROMAN IMPERIAL. Titus Cornelius Celsus. fl. circa AD 265. AR Medal (32.5mm, 14.99 g, 12h). Kaiser-serie. By Christian Wermuth and studio, fl. 1686-1739. (rosette) IMP · CÆS · TITVS CORNELI9 CELSCS PI9 FELIX AVG ·, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; C · PR · C below / Biographical inscription. Edge: (rosette) HAVD TVRPE MORI, SED TVRPITER MORI. Cf. Forrer VI, p. 437 (for series). EF, toned.


Celsus is a presumably fictitious usurper listed in the Historia Augusta as one of the Thirty Tyrants. He is not known to have issued any coinage