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LOT 3244
Severus Alexander AE Assarion of Bostra, Arabia. AD 222-235.
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COLONIA BOSTRA, Marsyas standing right, raising right hand and holding wineskin over shoulder with left. Kindler 37; Spijkerman 49. Near Very Fine.(4.66gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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