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LOT 3163
Tiberius AE 17mm of Philippi(?), Macedon. AD 14-37.
TI AVG, bare head to right / Two priests ploughing to right with yoke of oxen. RPC I 1657; BMC 89. Very Fine.(3.99gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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