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LOT 3243
Diva Faustina I AE 15mm of Bostra, Arabia. After AD 140/1.
ΘЄΑ ΦΑVϹΤ, veiled and draped bust to right / Three grain ears tied together, NT-BO across fields; all within wreath. RPC IV.3 Online 6365 (temporary); Sofaer 15; Kindler 11; Spijkerman 15. Very Fine.(2.16gr, 15mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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