Details
LOT 2863
Anonymous AE Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161.
Rome mint. Draped and helmetted bust of Minerva to right / Owl standing to left, head facing; S C across fields. RIC II 8; Cohen -. Very Fine.(2.38gr, 16mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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