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LOT 3076
Caracalla AE Assarion of Parium, Mysia. AD 198-217.
ANTONINVS PIVS AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / C G I H PA, Genius standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar with his right hand and holding cornucopia in his left. SNG Copenhagen 294; SNG BnF 1496; SNG von Aulock 1340. Very Fine.(6.34gr, 22mm, 8h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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