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LOT 2994
Lucius Verus AE 25mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Dated CY 230 (166/7 BC). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙСΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟС, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / СЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ ΚΟΙ СΥ, Hercules, nude, seated on rock to left, holding onto club set on ground; ΛС (date) in exergue. RPC IV Online 6514 (temporary); Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 12; Sofaer 13. Near Very Fine.(10.77gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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