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LOT 3216
Volusian AE 25mm of Damascus, Coele-Syria. AD 251-253.
IMP GALLO VOLOSSIANO AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery / COL ΔAMAS METR, Doe standing to right, suckling infant Telephos; [in exergue, head of ram to right]. RPC IX online 1968 var. (ΔAMA). Very Fine.(8.88gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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