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From the Compton Dundon Hoard

LOT 3353

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72


Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.

Lugdunum mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing facing, head to left, on prow of galley sailed to left by Victory seated to left at stern, holding Victory on globe with right hand and labarum with Christogram with left, A in left field; (star)PLG in exergue. RIC VIII 105; Bastien 205. 4.53gr, 24mm, 12h

Good Very Fine.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.

FOOTNOTES:
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.