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LOT 2995
Lucius Verus AE 31mm of Abila, Decapolis. AD 161-169.
Uncertain CY date. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Λ ΑΥΡ ΟΥΗΡΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / ϹЄ ΑΒΙΛΗΝധΝ Ι Α Α Γ [ΚΟΙ ϹΥ ...], Tyche of Abila, holding sceptre and Nike, standing to right with foot on river-god Heiromax; all within central arch of distyle temple façade; Nike standing on low basis on either side of Tyche. Cf. RPC IV.3, 3892 (temporary) (1 example); Spijkerman -. Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example on RPC Online and none on CoinArchives.(18.18gr, 31mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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