Details
LOT 3506
Probus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 277/8).
A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle, with wings spread and wreath in beak, standing to left, head to right; L Γ(?) (date) across fields. RPC X Unassigned ID 75781; Geissen 31313; Dattari (Savio) 5560. Near Very Fine.(7.38gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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