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LOT 3033
Aurelian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 270-275.
Dated RY 4 (AD 272/3). AVT K Λ Δ AVPHΛIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, with spread wings, head to right with wreath in beak, flanked by two standards; L Δ (date) in upper central field. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75675; SNG Copenhagen 873-875. Near Very Fine.(8.58gr, 20mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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