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LOT 3662
Philip II, as Caesar, AE 17mm of Bizya, Thrace. AD 247-249.
M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠOC KAICAP, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BIZVHNΩN, athlete standing to left, dropping distance marker. Varbanov 1596; Jurukova 159-60. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.42gr, 17mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 62, 17 October 2019, lot 717.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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