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LOT 3455
Septimius Severus AE 24mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 193-211.
[A K Λ] ϹЄΠ ϹЄOYH CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΑΔΡΙ • ΠЄΤΡ • • • A • ΜΗΤΡ, Tyche seated to left on rocks, holding small stele in extended right hand and trophy in left. RPC V.3 Unassigned ID 68620; Spijkerman 27. Very Fine.(8.26gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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