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LOT 2851
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 6 (AD 280/1).
Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / Eagle standing to right, wings spread, with wreath in beak; L ς (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75804; Dattari (Savio) 5557; Emmett 3982.6. Near Very Fine.(6.76gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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