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LOT 3636
Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 831-842. Syracuse mint.
ΘЄOFILOS bASI, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, XXX to left, NNN to right, Θ below. BCI 880; DOC 30; Spahr 432; SB 1681. Good Very Fine.(2.80gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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