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LOT 3357
Domitian AE 26mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 81-83.
IMP DOMITIA[NVS CAES AVG?], laureate head to left / Large S C within laurel-wreath of eight leaves; Δ(?) below. Cf. RPC II, 2023. Very Fine.(10.43gr, 26mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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