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LOT 3005
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; Γ in right field, TS in exergue. RIC 23a. Very Fine.(10.21gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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