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LOT 3485
Trajan AE Dichalkon of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17(?) (AD 113/4).
Laureate head to right / Hemhem crown, [L I-Z(?) (date)] below. Cf. RPC III, 4820; cf. Dattari (Savio) 7221; cf. Emmett 707.17. Near Very Fine.(1.75gr, 13mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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