Details
LOT 3393
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and
shields with two standards between them, dots on banners, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 58. Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Rare.(3.17gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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