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LOT 2776
Commodus AE 18mm of Philippopolis, Thrace. AD 180-192.
AY KAI M AYPH KOMOΔOC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ΦIΛIΠΠO-[ΠOΛE]ITΩN, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and branch in his left. Varbanov 980. Good Very Fine.(3.32gr, 18mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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