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Details
LOT 3045
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 334-335. Siscia mint. 3rd officina.
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC 240; LRBC 750. Good Very Fine.(2.28gr, 19mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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