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LOT 2949
Hadrian AE 24mm 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. Near Very Fine.(12.61gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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