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Details
LOT 3267
Tacitus BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 275/6).
A K KΛ TAKITOC CЄB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; ЄTOVC A (date) to left and right. Köln 3113; Dattari (Savio) 5520; K&G 110.1; Emmett 3974.1. Good Very Fine.(8.22gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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