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Details
LOT 2839
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 1 (AD 68/9).
ΑΥΤ ΤΙΤ ΦΛΑΥΙ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝ ΚΑΙΣ, laureate head to right; L A (date) in lower right field / Victory flying to left, holding wreath and palm. RPC II, 2402; Dattari (Savio) 359; Emmett 205. Near Very Fine.(12.04gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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