Details
LOT 3325
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 341. Extremely Fine. Beautiful glossy, olive green patina.(3.23gr, 18mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 17 August 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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