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Details
LOT 3047
City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis to right / Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; P R across fields. RIC VIII 106; LRBC 612. Good Fine. Gilt.(1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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