Details
LOT 3639
Group of Twenty-Five [25] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(108gr total.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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