Details
LOT 3386
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 200. Extremely Fine.(2.97gr, 19mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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