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LOT 3496
Hadrian AE 20mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 117-138.
AΔPIANOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / ΦΛA CAMO MHTPO K(M erased)O, written in four lines within wreath. Cf. RPC III 3419. Very Fine.(6.93gr, 20mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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