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LOT 3273
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 286/7).
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt; star in right field, L B (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75959; Dattari (Savio) 5875; Emmett 4114. Very Fine.(7.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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