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LOT 3454

Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia. AD 247-249.

AYTOK M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CЄB, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT, Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above, ram (Aries) leaping to right, head to left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, river-god Euphrates swimming to right. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 2962; SNG Copenhagen 240. Good Very Fine.(11.72gr, 25mm, 6h). [No Reserve]

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From a UK, private collection.

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LOT 3454

Philip II AE 25mm of Nisibis, Mesopotamia.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £91

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