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LOT 3452
Antoninus Pius AE 15mm of Petra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
AY K T AI Π AΔ AYΙ⟒Λ (sic), laureate and draped bust to right / AΔ ΜΗΤΡA (sic), turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche to right; trophy to left. RPC IV.3 Online 6623.6 = Universität Münster 5988. Near Very Fine.(3.85gr, 15mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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