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LOT 3397
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 335.
Antioch mint. 10th officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; SMANI in exergue. RIC VII 92; LRBC 1360. Extremely Fine.(2.41gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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