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LOT 2893
Caligula AE As. AD 37-8. Rome mint.
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated to left on throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 46. Near Very Fine.(9.98gr, 29mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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