Details
LOT 3501
Gallienus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 14 (AD 266/7).
ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; to right, palm; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 75547; Dattari 5283. Near Very Fine.(7.92gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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