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LOT 3489
Lucius Verus AE 30mm of Gesasa, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΛΟΥΚΙ ΟΥΗ, laureate, [draped and cuirassed?] bust to left / ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ [...], Artemis-Tyche advancing to right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder and holding bow; at her feet, dog running to right. Cf. RPC IV.3 6597 (temporary); cf. Sofaer 17; cf. Spijkerman 15. Near Very Fine. Very rare.(18.20gr, 30mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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