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LOT 2857
Carinus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 283/4).
A K M A KAPINOC CEB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / L B (date) across fields, Elpis walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe; star in upper right field. Milne 4721-4722; Emmett 4007b. Very Fine.(7.54gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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