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Details
LOT 3239
Titus AE 25mm of Philadelphia, Decapolis. Dated CY 143 (AD 80/1).
Laureate head of Titus to right; c/m: head of Herakles (Melkarth), bearded, wearing lion's skin to right, within circular incuse / Laureate head of Herakles-Domitian to right. Cf. RPC II, 2106; for c/m: Howgego 17. Fine.(10.99gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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