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LOT 3495
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 272-274. Very Fine.(2.32gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Spink, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
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Near Very Fine.
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Seleukid Empire, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 310-290 BC. Karrhai mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
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Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, crescent above monogram of MAZP; monogram of AYP in circle beneath throne. SC 41.3b; Price 3816; HGC 9, 10a. 16.80gr, 25mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
