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LOT 2838
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 44/5).
ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head to right; L E (date) before / ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina, veiled, standing to left and holding two small figures and corn stalks leaning on column, to left lituus. RPC I, 5163; Dattari 128. Fine.(10.74gr, 25mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2838
Claudius, with Messalina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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