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LOT 3393
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 210-213. Rome mint.
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to left, holding spear and trophy. RIC IV 223; BMCRE 87; RSC 150. Near Very Fine.(2.52gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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