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LOT 2832
Commodus AE 16mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥ ΚΟΜΜΟ ΑΝΤƱΝΙ[...], laureate head to right / Ν • ΤΡΑ ΒΟC-ΤΡΑ, camel walking to right. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3983 (temporary); cf. Kindler 21; cf. Rosenberger 23. Good Fine. Very rare.(2.82gr, 16mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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