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LOT 3347
Lucius Verus AE 17mm of Ankyra, Galatia. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤO Λ OΥΗΡOϹ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΚ-ΥΡΑϹ, eagle standing facing, head to left, with spreading wings, holding wreath in beak. RPC IV.3 Online 9787 = Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, GR 19738 (Ankyra in Phrygia). Near Very Fine. Exceedingly rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(4.12gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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