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LOT 3385
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath with jewel at apex enclosing VOT • XX in three lines; •AQP• in exergue. RIC VII 85. Near Extremely Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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