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Details
LOT 2683
Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch AE Tetrachalkon. Under Roman rule, 1st century BC. Uncertain year of Caesarian Era. Large denomination.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ANTIOXEΩN THΣ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ KAI AVTONOMOV, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding crowning Nike and sceptre; Θ(?) to inner left; date in exergue; all within wreath. Cf. Butcher p.317. Very Fine.(7.94gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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