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LOT 2924
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Struck AD 219. AYT K M A • • ANTWNЄINOC CЄB, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / ΔHMAPX EΞ VΠATOC TO B •, eagle standing facing, head and tail to right, with wreath in beak; Δ Є across upper fields, star between legs. McAlee 761; Prieur 254. Very Fine.(14.11gr, 26mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2924
Elagabalus BI Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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