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LOT 2785
Marcus Aurelius AE 37mm of Tralleis, Lydia AD 161-180.
Struck circa AD 161-165. ΕΥΑΡΕΣΤΟΣ, ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (Euarestos, grammateus). ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [ЄΠΙ] ΓΡΑ ЄΥ-ΑΡЄϹ[ΤΟΥ] ΤΡΑΛ[ΛΙΑΝΩΝ] ('under the grammateus Euarestos, of the Trallians'), Heracles, nude, seated to left on rock covered with lion skin, holding patera (or apple) in right hand, and resting his left on club. RPC IV.2, 2882 (temporary); GRPC 222. Good Fine.(25.35gr, 37mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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