Details
LOT 3001
Decapolis, Petra AE 13mm. Time of Hadrian, AD 117-138.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / Crossed cornucopiae. RPC III, 4098B; Sofaer 1. Very Fine.(1.41gr, 13mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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