Details
LOT 2590
Apulia, Luceria AE Teruncius. Circa 211-200 BC.
Head of Poseidon to right; three pellets (mark of value) behind / Dolphin swimming to right; LOVCERI below, trident to right above. HN Italy 680; HGC 1, 609. Near Very Fine.(9.85g, 22mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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