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LOT 2840
Gaius (Caligula) AE 17mm of Philadelphia, Lydia. AD 37-41.
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙΣΑΡ (Antiochos, son of Apollodotos, philocaesar). [ΓΑΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ], bare head to right / ΦΙΛΟΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΦΙΛΑΔЄΛΦЄധΝ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤΟΥ, capricorn with cornucopia to left, monogram of PK before. RPC I 3029; GPRC Lydia 151. Near Very Fine.(3.74gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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