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LOT 3030

Marcus Aurelius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 161-180.

Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). [M] AYPHΛIOC ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ(Ω inversed) [...], laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / ЄΥΘΗ-ΝΙΑ, Euthenia standing to left, holding corn ears and cornucopia; L Γ (date) to right. RPC IV.4, 2437 var. (Drachm); Köln 2010 var. (same); Dattari (Savio) 3451 var. (same); Emmett -. Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Hemidrachm.(12.87gr, 31mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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Unpublished as Hemidrachm

LOT 3030

Marcus Aurelius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £85

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