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LOT 2918
Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch AE Assarion. Dated CY 115 (AD 66/7).
Pseudo-autonomous issue. ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩ-Ν, diademed head of Zeus to right / • ЄTO ЄIP (date), Boule seated to left, placing vote in urn. RPC I 4305.2; McAlee 112. Very Fine.(6.63gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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