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LOT 2791

Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 54-68.

Dated RY 10 and year 112 of the Caesarean Era (AD 63/4). NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ΕTOYΣ BIP • I, eagle standing to right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm branch to right. McAlee 265b; Prieur 89; RPC I 4189. Good Very Fine.(15.38gr, 25mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 2791

Nero AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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