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LOT 3029
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273.
Local imitation. [...]SV TETRICVS CAE[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 272. Good Very Fine.(3.29gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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