![Group of Four [4] Roman AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/243094b.jpg "Group of Four [4] Roman AE Coins.")
![Group of Four [4] Roman AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/243094.jpg "Group of Four [4] Roman AE Coins.")
Details
LOT 3686
Group of Four [4] Roman AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(16.15gr total.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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