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LOT 3493
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 220/1).
Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤധΝΙΝΟС ЄVСЄΒ, laureate head to right / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, holding double cornucopiae and raising right hand; L Δ (date) in left field. RPC VI Online 10082; Köln 2328; Dattari (Savio) 4199; Emmett 2937.4. Near Very Fine.(13.17gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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