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LOT 3497
Valerian I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 256/7).
A K Π ΛI OVAΛЄPIANOC ЄV ЄVC, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Eagle standing to left, head to right, holding wreath in beak; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2862; Dattari (Savio) 5184; K&G 88.23; Emmett 3705.4. Good Very Fine.(11.99gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
