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LOT 3398
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333.
Siscia 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; BSIS in exergue. RIC VII 224. Good Very Fine.(2.02gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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