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LOT 2852
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Date RY 7 (AD 281/2).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in its beak; L Z (date) across fields. RPC X Online Unassigned ID 75807; Dattari (Savio) 5555; Emmett 3984.7. Near Very Fine.(6.03gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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