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LOT 3458
Otho AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated RY 1 (AD 69).
ΛYTOKPΛTധP • M • OΘധN KΛICΛP CЄBΛCTOC, laureate head to right / Eagle standing facing on wreath, head to left, with wreath in beak; palm in left field, crescent between legs; ЄTOVC A (date) in exergue. RPC I 4199; McAlee 316; Prieur 101. Good Very Fine. Lightly toned.(15.20gr, 28mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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