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LOT 2872
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3 (AD 287/8).
Α Κ Μ ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜ[ΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eusebeia standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sacrificing over altar at her feet to left; in upper left field, star; L Γ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76022; Dattari (Savio) 5893. Near Extremely Fine.(7.50gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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