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LOT 3424
Antoninus Pius AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 138-161.
[...]ധVIᏌPC(sic), laureate head to right / ΑΔΡ ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡOΠ, crescent surmounted by eight-rayed star. RPC IV.3, 6625 (temporary); Sofaer 16; Spijkerman 18. Very Fine. Very rare.(3.55gr, 17mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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