Details
LOT 3441
Nero AE 18mm of Antiochia ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 131 (AD 67/8).
Laureate head to right; c/m: male head(?) to right within incuse circle / Horse standing to left; [AΛP (date)] in exergue. Cf. RPC I, 4808; for c/m: Howgego 121. Fine.(6.78gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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