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Lot
# 361 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$150
/ Price Realized: US$250
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T. Didius. Denarius
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T. Didius. Denarius, 3.88gg. (6h). Rome, 113-112 BC. Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, ROMA in monogram behind, * below. Rx: Two soldiers fighting, one attacking with whip, the other defending with sword; T DEIDI in exergue. Crawford 294/1. Sydenham 550. RSC Didia 2. Nice VF; toned.
Ex Philip T. Ashton Collection. Ex Berk 194, 9 July 2015, lot 141. Ex SC Collection.
Marvin Tameanko has persuasively argued that this coin depicts a "bloodless 'warm up' act of mock fighters called 'paegniarii," rather than an actual battle or gladiatorial combat.
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