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LOT 3110
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 215. Alexandrian and Pythian Games issue.
AΥT K M AΥΡ CEV ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head to right / KOINON ΘΡAKΩN AΛEZANΔΡIA EN ΦIΛI-ΠΠOΠO-ΛΙ (ΠΠ ligate) around and in right field, ΠVΘIA in three lines in left field, nude Herakles standing facing, leaning on club to his right and with his lion skin over his left arm. Cf. Varbanov 1494. Very Fine.(17.46gr, 31mm, 8h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3110
Caracalla AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Philippopolis, Thrace.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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