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LOT 3450
Philip I AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 244-249.
AVTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOV CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, statue of Tyche seated facing, ram leaping to right, head to left, above; below, half-length river-god Mygdonius swimming to right; all within tetrastyle temple. Cf. BMC 17-24/25 (for obv./rev.); SNG Milan 122. Very Fine.(11.57gr, 25mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a UK, private collection.
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