Details
LOT 3159
Augustus AE 16mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. 27 BC-AD 14.
[AVG], bare head to right / Two founders driving yoke of oxen to right, plowing pomerium. RPC I 1656; SNG BN 1439-48 (Parium); Varbanov 3770. Very Fine.(4.95gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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