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LOT 2873
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Α Κ Μ Α ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Homonoia standing facing, head to left, raising her right hand and holding double cornucopiae with her left; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76002; Dattari (Savio) 5927; Emmett 4141.3. Good Fine.(7.46gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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