Details
LOT 3473
Galba BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68).
[ΛΟΥΚ ΛΙΒ] ΣΟΥΛΠ ΓΑΛΒΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕB [ΑΥ], laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕ[Α], draped bust of Alexandria to right, wearing elephant skin headdress. RPC I, 5326; Köln 217; Dattari (Savio) 298-9; K&G 17.1; Emmett 170.1. Near Very Fine.(8.72gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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