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LOT 3112
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
[...] M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate head to right / OVΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lighted altar and cornucopia. Cf. Varbanov 2387. Near Very Fine.(17.90gr, 30mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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