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LOT 3117
Caracalla AE 30mm of Serdica, Thrace. AD 198-217.
AYT K M AYP CEY ANTΩNEINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / OYΛΠIAC CEPΔIKHC, Demeter standing to left feeding serpent arising from cista and holding long torch. CN Online 5053; H&J, Serdica 12.18.5.11; Ruzicka 147; Varbanov 2252 var. (bust to left). Near Very Fine.(17.31gr, 30mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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