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LOT 2875
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 289/90).
Α Κ ΜΑ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Homonoia standing to left, raising her right arm and holding double cornucopia; to right, star; L Є (date) in two lines to left. RPC X Unassigned ID 76069. Very fine.(8.07gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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