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LOT 2793
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. Dated 'New Holy Year' 1 (AD 69).
ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤ ΚΑΙΣΑ ΟΥЄΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / ЄΤΟΥΣ ΝЄΟΥ ΙЄΡΟΥ Α (date), eagle standing to right on thunderbolt; palm branch in right field. RPC II 1936; Prieur 103; McAlee 324. Good Very Fine.(15.52gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2793
Vespasian AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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