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LOT 3000
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
Dated CY 281 (AD 218). [ΑΥΤ] Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙΝ[ΟϹ], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / ΠΟΜΠ ΓΑΔΑΡΕWΝ A[Π]C (date), galley to left with rowers; at stern, navigator; at prow, figure standing and holding standard. RPC VI Online 9255; Spijkerman 85; Rosenberger 79; Sofaer 91. Near Very Fine. Dark brown patina.(16.87gr, 32mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3000
Elagabalus AE 32mm of Gadara, Decapolis.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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