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LOT 3446
Philip II, as Caesar AE 28mm of Bostra, Arabia. AD 244-247.
MARC IVL PHILIPPOS CESAR, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COL METROPOLIS BOSTRA, wreath containing AKTIA ΔOVCAPIA in three lines. Sofaer 54; Kindler 46a; Spijkerman 60; Rosenberger 52. Near Very Fine.(13.24gr, 28mm, 1h).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman; acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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