Details
LOT 3215
Lucius Verus AE 22mm of Hieropolis, Cyrrhestica. AD 161-169.
Radiate head to left; below, palm branch / ΘЄΑС СΥΡΙΑС ΙЄΡΟΠΟ A(?) in three lines; star above; all within laurel wreath. RPC IV.3, 8547 (temporary) var. (no star); cf. RPC IV.3, 6990.16 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Scarce.(10.12gr, 22mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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