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LOT 2798
Commodus AE 23mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 177-192.
ΑΥΤ Μ Α[Υ ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟ]Ν ЄΥΤ, laureate head to right / ΙЄΡΑϹ ΒΥΒΛΟΥ, Isis Pharia standing to right, wearing lotus and holding billowing sail. RPC IV.3, 6774 (temporary); Rouvier 686; SNG Copenhagen 139. Near Fine.(8.13gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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