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LOT 3094
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Caracalla BI Tetradrachm of Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 198-217.
Possibly contemporary imitation. Blundered legend, laureate head to right / Blundered legend, eagle standing facing, head and tail to left, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; between legs, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Shamash to left. For prototype cf. Prieur 954. 11.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan cracks at 2h and 4h.
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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AUCTIONS:
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