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LOT 3166
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. [...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.22gr, 16mm.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Footnotes
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
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