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Details
LOT 2752
Group of Six [6] Eastern mints AR Coins. 5th-4th century BC.
Including fractions from Arabia, Judaea and a reproduction. Near Very Fine to Very Fine.(18.25gr total.). [6]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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