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LOT 3348
Tiberius AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Koinon of Galatia. Dated CY 50 (AD 25 or 28-30). Possibly Pessinus mint.
[TIBEPIO]Σ KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ, laureate head to right / MHTHP ΘEധN ETEI N, turreted and draped bust of Cybele with long hair to left. RPC I 3554; SNG BnF 2393-4. Near Very Fine.(6.80gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3348
Tiberius AE Hemiassarion or Half Assarion of Koinon of Galatia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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