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LOT 2939
Caracalla AE 24mm of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Struck AD 202. [ANT]ONINO AVGVS[TO], laureate head to right / COL HEL, turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to left; palm frond and cornucopia to right. Sawaya 270-279 (D51/R–; unrecorded rev. die); BMC 12; SNG Copenhagen 431. Very Fine. Green and brown patina; cleaning and smoothing marks.(8.64gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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