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LOT 3313
Caracalla AE Assarion of Thuria, Messenia. AD 198-217.
M AY[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΘOY[PI]-ATΩN Λ-A, Athena standing to left, holding spear and patera. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 834.3-4. Near Very Fine.(4.21gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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