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LOT 2919
Galba AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 68-69.
Dated 'New Holy Year' 1(?) (AD 68). ΓAΛBAC KAICAP AYTOKPATΩP CEBACTOC, laureate head to right; star before / ETOYC NEOY IEP[OY A?], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, palm in left field. RPC I 4196; McAlee 305; Prieur 96. Good Very Fine. Toned.(15.49gr, 24mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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