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Details
LOT 2877
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 8 (AD 292/3). 2nd officina.
ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Elpis standing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with her left; L H (date) across fields, B in exergue. RPC X Unassigned ID 76468; Dattari (Savio) 5881. Good Very Fine.(7.68gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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