Details
LOT 3784
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/10-337. Contemporary imitation.
CONSTATNVS[...], laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTͶON around wreath containing VOT • X in two lines; (inverted crescent)(star)AB below. Good Very Fine.(2.73gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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