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LOT 3453
Domitian AE 25mm of Mopsus, Cilicia. Dated CY 161(?) (AD 93/4).
ΔOMЄTIA[NOC CЄ]BACTOC, laureate head to right / Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch and leaning on tripod / [MOΨЄATΩN THC IЄPAC KAI ACYΛOY] to left, KAI A[YTO]NOM[OY] to right, [AΞP] date to outer right. RPC II 1741; SNG Levante 1326. Good Fine.(11.42gr, 25mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Export permit approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 713.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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