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LOT 3503
Vespasian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 3(?) (AD 70/1).
[ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣЄΒΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ], laureate head to right / Winged and draped bust of Nike to right; [L Γ?] (date) to right. Cf. RPC II 2427; cf. Dattari (Savio) 389-90; cf. Emmett 208.3. Good Fine.(29.02gr, 35mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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