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LOT 2829
Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
A K Λ ϹЄΠ [...]ΥΗ ϹЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙA ΠЄ-ΤΡΑ ΜΗΤ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small bust in extended right hand and trophy in left. Cf. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 93616. Very Fine. Extremely rare; only one example cited by RPC Online.(8.90gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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