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LOT 3238
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint in Gaul. Imitative issue(?). [...]ES TETRICVS CAE, radiate and draped(?) bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding rudder(?). Cf. RIC V.2 267. Very Fine.(2.57gr, 17mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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