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LOT 4217
Group of Twelve [12] Miscellaneous Coins 8th-20th century AD.
Various rulers. Condition as seen.(121gr total.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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