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LOT 3251
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Tetrachalkon. Dated year 13 of the Pompeian era (54/3 BC).
Laureate head of Zeus to right / [AN]TIOXEΩN THΣ [MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ], Zeus seated to left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; IΓ (date) in exergue. RPC I 4212; McAlee 37; HGC 9, 1371. Very Fine.(8.57gr, 20mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
