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LOT 3117
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE 22mm. Dated Pompeian Era 19(?) (48 BC).
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ, Zeus seated to left, holding Nike in his right hand and sceptre in left; above Zeus, thunderbolt; in the left field, cornucopia; IΘ(?) (date) in exergue; all within laurel wreath. HGC 9, 1366. Good Very Fine.(10.04gr, 22mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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