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LOT 3399
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334.
Treveri mint. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield set on ground; palm frond in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VII 563. Near Extremely Fine.(2.55gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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