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LOT 2641
Pisidia, Antioch AE 16mm. Time of Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-180.
Pseudo-autonomous issue. AN-TI-OCH, draped bust of Hermes to right, with head assimilated to portrait of youthful Commodus; caduceus over shoulder / COLO-NIAE, garlanded altar. RPC IV.3, 7376 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(2.06gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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