Details
LOT 3720
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint.
2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust to left / Lupa Romana suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TR•S in exergue. RIC 542. Good Very Fine.(2.32gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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