Details
LOT 3324
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T-F across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 134. Extremely Fine. Nice glossy olive green patina. Rare.(3.52gr, 19mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 3 March 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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