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LOT 3233
Tetricus I BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. [...] TETRICVS AV[G], bust to right / [P]AX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 118 (Treveri for Victorinus). Extremely Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Victorinus.(3.05gr, 19mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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