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LOT 3463
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia. Struck AD 215-217.
ΑΥ[T] Κ M Α ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤΟC ΤO Δ, eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to right, holding wreath in beak; between legs, two pilei surmounted by stars. Prieur 1227. Good Very Fine. Toned.(12.28gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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