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LOT 3885
Avitus(?) AE Nummus. AD 455-456. Rome mint.
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond. Cf. RIC 2413. Near Very Fine.(1.41gr, 11mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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