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LOT 3199
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
AYT K M ANTWNЄINOC[...], laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on left shoulder / ΔHMAPX ЄΞ Y[...], eagle with spread wings, head and tail to right, standing facing and holding wreath in beak; Є(retrograde)-Δ across upper fields; between legs, star. Cf. Prieur 278. Near Very Fine.(11.61gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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LOT 3199
Elagabalus AE Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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