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LOT 3463
Septimius Severus AE 29mm of Medaba, Arabia. Dated CY 105 (AD 210/11).
AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Helios, raising hand and holding torch, driving facing quadriga; P-Є (date) in lower field. Cf. Sofaer 2. Near Very Fine.(11.77gr, 29mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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