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LOT 3006
Antoninus Pius AE 26mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 138-161.
Laureate head to right / [...]ΑΝΗϹ ΒΟϹΤPAC, turreted and veiled Tyche standing, facing, holding spear surmounted by trophy and object (cornucopia or three ears of barley) and resting foot on swimming river-god. Cf. RPC IV.3 6692 (temporary); cf. Spijkerman 5; cf. BMC 3-4. Near Very Fine.(15.30gr, 26mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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