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LOT 3492
Commodus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 25 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 184/5).
Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤƱ CЄΒ ЄΥCЄΒ, laureate head to right / Bust of Nilus to right, crowned with taenia and lotus-buds and with slight drapery on his left and cornucopiae on his right shoulder; L K-Є across field. RPC IV.4, 3464; Köln 2222; Dattari (Savio) 9580-1; K&G 41.60; Emmett 2552.25. Near Very Fine.(10.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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