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LOT 3226
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148. Good Very Fine.(4.41gr, 23mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009;
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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