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Details
LOT 3311
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy with right hand and palm with left, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; STR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). Extremely Fine. Glossy dark green patina.(3.37gr, 19mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 21 June 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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