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LOT 2847
Salonina BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 13 (AD 265/6).
KOPNHΛIA CAΛωNEINA CEB, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / L ΙΓ (date) to right of eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak, upright palm branch in left field. Milne 4122; Emmett 3753. Very Fine.(9.43gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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