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LOT 3053
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. First reign, AD 286-305.
Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8). Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising right hand and holding double cornucopiae; L Γ (date) across field. RPC X, Unassigned ID 76002; Köln 3292; Dattari (Savio) -; K&G 120.27; Emmett 4141.3. Near Very Fine.(8.19gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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