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Details
LOT 2840
Domitian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 12(?) (AD 92/3).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ, laureate head to right / Dolphin entwined around anchor; L IB(?) (date) across field. RPC II, 2692; SNG BnF 962. Good Fine. Very rare regnal year for this type.(3.44gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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