Details
LOT 3294
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 314-315. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe(?) with left; F-T across fields, PLG in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 15. Good Very Fine.(2.88gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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