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LOT 3111
Lucius Verus AE 20mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Dated CY 225 (AD 161/2). ΑΥΤ • ΚΑΙϹ • Λ • ΑΥΡ • ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate head to right / ΓΑΔΑΡЄ-ധΝ • ЄΚϹ •, bareheaded and beardless male head (Marcus Aurelius?) to right. RPC IV Online 8551; Spijkerman 59; Rosenberger 59; Sofaer 57. Very Fine.(5.40gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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