Details
LOT 3400
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 333-335. 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; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 63. Extremely Fine.(2.48gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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