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Electronic Auction 437  6 Feb 2019
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Lot 352

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 150 USD
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SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (26.5mm, 16.09 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: laurel branch within rectangular incuse / Large S C; AB below; all within wreath. McAlee 536a; RPC III 3692; c/m: Howgego 378. VF, dark green patina with light earthen highlights/deposits; c/m: VF.

From the Richard Baker Countermark Collection.

According to Howgego, the laurel branch countermark appears as an undertype on a Bar Kochba bronze, indicating that it was applied prior to 132-5 AD.
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