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LOT 3323
Severus Alexander AE 36mm of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 222-235. Marcus Vinicius Polites, strategos.
ΑY Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹЄY ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ϹΜΥΡΝΑΙΩΝ • ΠΡΩ • ΑϹΙ • Γ ΝЄΩ • Τ-ΩΝ • ϹЄΒ ЄΠ Ϲ • ΠΟΛЄΙΤΟΥ, Cybele seated on throne to left, holding patera and leaning elbow on tympanum; at her feet, lion to left. Cf. RPC VI Online 4680; Klose 3. Good Very Fine. Excessively rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.(21.86gr, 36mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Private collection, France.
Private European collection.
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