Details
LOT 2950
Hadrian AE 18mm of Berytus, Phoenicia. AD 117-138.
Struck AD 128-138. IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL BER in two lines between legionary eagles. RPC III 3856; Rouvier 532; SNG Copenhagen 99-100. Very Fine.(3.45gr, 18mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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