Details
LOT 3245
Salonina, Augusta BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 254-268.
Dated RY 12 of Gallienus (AD 264/265). KOPNHΛIA CAΛധNЄINA CЄB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / Eirene standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; palm frond to left, IB L (date) to right. Köln 2969; Dattari (Savio) 5331; K&G 91.33; Emmett 3855.12. Good Very Fine.(9.98gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, 27 January 2021, lot 623 (company's ticket included).
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