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LOT 3331
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Ancyra, Phrygia. AD 138-161. ΛΙΚΙΝΙΟΣ ΑΡΧΩΝ (Likinios, archon).
ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙΛOϹ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝOϹ, bare head to right / Є-ΠΙ ΛΙΚΙΝΙOΥ ΑΡ-Χ ΑΝΚΥΡΑΝΩΝ, Zeus, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding anchor in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RPC IV.2 Online 1722; BMC 26-27. Near Very Fine.(8.20gr, 26mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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