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LOT 3354
Gordian III AE 25mm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Dated RY 4 (AD 241).
A K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / M-Η TPOΠ KA[I] CAΡIAC ЄNTIX B N Є ЄT Δ, view of Mount Argaeus; all within wreath. RPC VII.2, 3335; Ganschow 888e; Bland 1996, 148. Near Very Fine.(9.86gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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