Details
LOT 3187
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 18mm. Dated year 177 (AD 128/9). Pseudo-autonomous issue.
ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗϹ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ, head of Zeus to right wearing taenia / ЄT ZOP (date), Boule of Antioch seated to left, dropping voting pebble into urn; B to left. RPC III, 3739; CRS 272; McAlee 126(b). Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; only three specimens recorded by RPC Online.(5.40gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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