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LOT 3640
Group of Thirty-Eight [38] Roman and Byzantine Coins. 1st-7th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(120gr total.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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