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LOT 2943
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 253-260.
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / COL HLIOP around and CER SAC • CAP OIC • ISE HEL (Colonia Hliopolis Sacra Capitolina Oicumenica Iselastica Heliopolitana) in three lines beneath Nike standing to right vis-à-vis Hermes, standing to left, holding caduceus; both with foot on globe, ear of grain between them and supporting agonistic crown with two palm fronds. RPC X, Online Unassigned ID 88404; Sawaya -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -. Very Fine. Very rare; only two specimens cited by RPC Online.(17.55gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 2943
Valerian I AE Tetrassarion or 4 Assaria of Heliopolis, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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