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LOT 2692
Judaea. Herodians, Agrippa I Æ Prutah. Dated RY 6 (41/2 CE).
Jerusalem mint. BACIΛЄWC 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. Near Very Fine.(2.90gr, 17mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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