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LOT 3046
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint. 2nd 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; TRS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 547. Near Extremely Fine.(2.13gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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