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LOT 2998
Tiberius AE 18mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 14-37.
Dated CY 92 (AD 28/9). TIBЄPIധ KAICAPI, bare head to right / ΓAΔAPEIC, veiled head of Tyche to right; L ЧB (date) behind. RPC I 4812; Spijkerman 11; Rosenberger 15; SNG ANS 1291. Very Fine.(6.08gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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