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LOT 3444
Mysia, Pergamon AE 17mm. Time of Trajan or Hadrian(?), AD 98-138. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΘЄΟΝ ΣΥΝΚΛΗΤΟΝ, draped bust of Senate to right / ΘΕΑΝ ΡΩΜΗΝ, draped bust of Roma to right; crescent before. RPC III 1750; BMC 212-13. Near Very Fine.(2.82gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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