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LOT 3198
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Eagle with spread wings, head and tail to left, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Δ Є(?) across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 250. Near Very Fine.(10.63gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3198
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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