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Justinian, Byzantine emperor 257-565. Year 14.
39.4 - 38.1 mm. 22.69 grams. Large!
Sear 163.

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GELA, SICILY
Æ Trias
OBV: Bull standing right, head lowered; ••• (mark of value) in exergue
REV: Head of young river god right, hair flowing; barley grain behind
Struck at Gela, Sicily, 420 - 405BC
3.55g, 17mm
Jenkins, Gela 506 and 520; CNS 17; SNG ANS
ex Agora Auctions
ex, Roma Numismatics,
ex Mark Christenson Collection

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Alexandria, Antoninus Pius, AE Drachm (34mm), year 9 = 145-146.
Obv.: ΑYΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝEΙΝΟC CΕΒ ΕΥC Laureate head r.
Rev.: L EΝΑΤΟY The Nile, with crocodile beside him, reclining to left, holding, with his right hand, a cornucopia containing a Genius holding a wreath to crown him, and, in his left, a reed; above to right, Ις (= 16, the level of the Nile flood in cubits). Dattari 8631, RPC IV.4 temp. 13578

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