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LOT 2962
Gallienus AE 25mm of Hierapolis, Phrygia. AD 253-268. Homonoia issue with Smyrna.
ΑΥ • Κ Π ΛΙ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ-ΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΙЄΡΑΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ Κ ΖΜΥΡΝЄΩΝ ΝЄΩΚΟΡΩ-Ν ΟΜΟΝΥΑ(sic)
two prize urns inscribed ΠΥΘΙΑ ΚYΝΑ(sic) ΑϹΙΑϹ on base with palm branches. RPC X Unassigned ID 63177; cf. Franke & Nollé 912-914 corr. (inscribed crowns). Very Fine.(6.42gr, 25mm, 7h.).
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 288/9).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 111/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
