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Details
LOT 2850
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 278/9).
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟC CЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings gathered, with wreath in beak; behind, palm frond, L Δ (date) across field. RPC X Unassigned ID 75790; Köln 3135; Dattari (Savio) 5563; K&G 112.17; Emmett 3981.4. Near Extremely Fine.(8.48gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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