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LOT 3292
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I AE Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE). Jerusalem mint.
BACIΛЄധC AΓPIΠA, canopy / Three ears of corn; [L] Ϛ (date) across fields. RPC I 4981; TJC 120; Hendin GBC 6, 6274; Hendin GBC 5, 1244; Sofaer 153-6. Very Fine.(2.70gr, 17mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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