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LOT 3528
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
A K M A OYA ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae in left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) -; Emmett 4141.3; K&G 120.27. Very Fine. Dark green patina.(6.48gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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