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LOT 3456
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
IMP C M [...]TONIN, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PETA COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Cf. RPC VI Online 9377. Near Very Fine.(4.12gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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