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LOT 3451
Volusian AE 19mm of Neapolis, Judaea. AD 251-253.
[...] ΤΡΙΒ [...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [ΦΛ ΝЄΑϹ]ΠΟΛЄധϹ, mount Gerizim topped by temple, steep stairway upward with colonnade below. RPC IX, 2166; Sofaer 242. Near Very Fine.(6.47gr, 19mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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