Details
LOT 3421
Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. Near Very Fine.(1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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