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LOT 3346
Augustus AE 16mm of Koinon of Cyprus. Struck circa 21 BC. Aulus Plautius, proconsul.
[IMP CAES DIVI F AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / A • PLAVTIV-S • PROCOS, Zeus Salaminios standing to left, holding patera and short sceptre; eagle perched on his wrist. RPC I, 3907; Amandry, Julio-Claudien 2b (Salamis?); Parks 2b. Near Very Fine.(3.61gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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