Details
LOT 3110
Vespasian AE 22mm of Gadara, Decapolis. AD 69-79.
Dated CY 135 (AD 71/2). KAICAP OYECΠACIA[N]OC, laureate head to right / ΓAΔAP[A], Tyche standing to left, holding wreath and cornucopiae; L EΛP (date) in left field. RPC II, 2093; Sofaer 24. Near Very Fine.(10.64gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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