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LOT 2945
Trajan AE 23mm of Aradus, Phoenicia. AD 98-117.
Dated CY 375 (AD 116/7). Draped bust of Astarte-Europa to right; before, small laureate head of Trajan to right / EOT (date) above, APAΔIΩN beneath bull charging to left; Phoenician letter before. RPC III 3821; Rouvier 407; BMC 374. Near Very Fine.(8.14gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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