Details
LOT 3326
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Lugdunum mint; struck under Constantine I, AD 332. 1st officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; (pellet-in-crescent)PLG in exergue. RIC VII 257. Good Very Fine.(2.18gr, 16mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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