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Details
LOT 3645
Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 3rd century BC-3rd century AD.
Including an Alexander III AR Drachm and an interesting imitation of a Denarius of Septimius Severus. Condition as seen.(46gr total.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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