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LOT 2949
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GBP (£) 400 - 600
EUR (€) 460 - 690
USD ($) 540 - 800
Sextus Julius Caesar, Proconsul AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. 47-46 BC.
In the name and types of the Seleucid king Philip I Philadelphos. Dated year 3 of the Caesarean Era (47/6 BC). Diademed head to right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ, Zeus Nicephorus seated to left; monogram of AYT to inner left, Γ (date) above thunderbolt in exergue; all within laurel wreath. RPC I 4127; McAlee 4; Prieur 4; SC 2491.1; HGC 9, 1360a. 15.57gr, 27mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely rare, Prieur recorded just two examples.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Nomos AG, obolos 20, 3 October 2021, lot 1016;
From a North American collection.
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