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LOT 3497
Philip II AE 27mm of Samosata, Commagene. AD 247-249.
AVTOK K M IOVΛΙ ΦIΛIΠ CЄB, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΦΛ CAMOCATЄѠN MHTP KOM, Tyche seated to left on rocks, with eagle perched on arm; river god swimming to right below. RPC VIII Online Unassigned ID 8350; Butcher 32; BMC 62-6. Near Very Fine.(12.76gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 97, 26 May 2022, lot 771.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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