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LOT 3335
Phrygia, Cotiaeum AE 25mm. Time of Valerian and Gallienus, AD 253-268. ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΥ, ΑΡΧΩΝ (Diogenes, son of Dionysios), archon.
ΔΗΜΟϹ ΚΟΤΙΑ[ΕΩΝ], diademed head of Demos to right / ЄΠΙ ΔΙΟΓЄΝΟ-ΥϹ ΔΙΟΝΥ-ϹI around and in exergue, Α Ρ Χ in right field, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in right hand and sceptre in left. RPC X Unassigned ID 97769 corr. Very Fine.(8.01gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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