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LOT 3475
Vespasian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 (AD 69/70).
ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑ[ΝΟΥ], laureate head to right; L B (date) before / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ]-ΔΡΕΙΑ, Alexandria standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding wreath in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RPC II, 2414; Dattari (Savio) 354; Emmett 202.2; K&G 20.13. Near Very Fine.(6.98gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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