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LOT 2828
Hadrian AE 17mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 117-138.
ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ Α]ΔΡΙ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to right / ΠЄΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙϹ in three lines within wreath. RPC III, 4103; Spijkerman 12; BMC 10. Very Fine.(3.23gr, 17mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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