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LOT 2995
Seleucis and Pieria, Apameia AE 16mm. Dated Year 8 of the Pompeian Era (59/8 BC).
Veiled bust of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of grain ears / AΠAMEΩN THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣYΛOY, grain ear between two poppies; to inner left, H (date); to outer left, MH. Lindgren I 2030; HGC 9, 1430 corr. (date). Near Extremely Fine. Rare.(3.64gr, 16mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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