Details
LOT 3592
Anonymous AE Semuncia. 217-215 BC. Rome mint.
Semilibral standard. Head of Mercury to right, wearing winged petasus / Prow of galley to right; ROMA above. Crawford 38/7; Sydenham 87; RBW 100. Near Very Fine.(6.69gr, 19mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 96, 5 May 2022, lot 817.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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