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LOT 2833
Arabia, Bostra AE 12mm. Time of Commodus. Dated CY 76 (AD 181/2). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right; TV downwards to right, OC• (date) across field / BOCT-PA, camel standing to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 Online 3953 (temporary); Kindler 19. Very Fine. Very rare.(0.95gr, 12mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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