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LOT 3048
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 335/7. Alexandria mint. 1st 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; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 71. Near Extremely Fine.(2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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