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LOT 3183
Caracalla AE 33mm of the Koinon of Cyprus. AD 198-217.
Laureate head to right / [ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΥΠΡΙΩΝ], temple of Paphian Aphrodite within which cone, crescent and star on top of temple, roofed wing on each side within which candelabrum stands, dove on roof of each wing, paved semicircular court before temple. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 92. Near Very Fine.(15.59gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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