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LOT 0730
Roman and Later Artefact Collection
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (101 grams total, 17-30 mm).
Including scaraboid amulet, fusiform banded agate bead, bronze head from a votive figure and other items. [16]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired on the German art market in 1992; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. for a similar coin of Tiberius II Ireland, S., Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins at Amasya (ancient Amaseia) Turkey, London, 2000, nos.3672.
FootnotesAmong the collection there is an interesting coin (AE follis) of Tiberius II, Μ, above cross, to left ANNO, to right VIII, in ex. THEUP., AD 590-591.
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
