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LOT 3051
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 4 (AD 288/9). Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Δ (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 76037; Dattari (Savio) 5833; Emmett 4093.4. Near Very Fine.(8.09gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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