An extremely rare Civil War denarius from the C. Gollnow Collection
Lot 237
Civil Wars, 68-69. Forces of Vitellius in Gaul and in the Rhine Valley. Anonymous, 2 January-19 April 69. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.62 g, 10 h), Lugdunum. 'Jupiter-Vesta Group'. I O M CAPIT[OLINVS] Diademed heroic bust of Jupiter Capitolinus to left, wearing drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. [VE]STA P R QVIRITIVM Vesta seated left, holding patera in her right hand and torch in her left. BMC 72 note. CG 126.2 (this coin). Cohen 432 var. (no palm frond). Gollnow 1162 (this coin). Martin 96. Nicolas 103. RIC 125b. Extremely rare. A nicely toned example of unusual style. The obverse struck slightly off center and with some minor edge chipping, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Christian Gollnow, Leu 9, 24 October 2021, 1162 and previously privately acquired from H. J. Berk in April 1992.
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1000 CHF
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800 CHF
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1700 CHF
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