Details
LOT 2958
Macrinus AE 21mm of Byblus, Phoenicia. AD 217-218.
AVT KAI MAKPINOC CЄB, laureate head to right / IЄPAC BVBΛOV, Isis Pharia standing to right on raft, holding inflated sail. BMC 39; SNG Copenhagen 143; Lindgren I, 2283. Very Fine.(6.32gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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