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LOT 3386
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior. AD 193-211.
ΑΥ Κ ΛI CE CEYHPOC, laureate head to right / NIKOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Zeus seated to left, holding patera and long sceptre. HH&J, Nikopolis 8.14.1.20; AMNG 1346; Varbanov 2461. Near Very Fine.(2.58gr, 17mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3386
Septimius Severus AE Assarion of Nicopolis ad Istrum, Moesia Inferior.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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