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LOT 3321
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. Very Fine.(1.96gr, 18mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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