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LOT 3322
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, STR• in exergue. RIC VII 342. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive olive green patina.(2.89gr, 19mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 1 March 2004.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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