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LOT 3102
Macedon, Thessalonika AE 16mm. Time of the Flavians(?), circa AD 69-96. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Nike standing on globe to left; crescent in left field / ΘЄCCAΛΟΝΙΚЄΩΝ in four lines within laurel wreath. RPC I 326; Touratsoglou, Pseudoautonomen, II B, 1–4 (Domitian?). Very Fine. Rare.(3.89gr, 16mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 90, 18 November 2021, lot 365 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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