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LOT 2874
Maximian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 288/9).
Α Κ ΜA ΟΥΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Alexandria standing to left, holding head of Sarapis and sceptre; L Δ (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 76037; Dattari (Savio) 5833; Emmett 4093.4. Good Very Fine.(6.78gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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