Details
LOT 3798
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 328. Constantinople mint. 7th officina.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated to left on cippus, holding palm branch and laurel branch, looking to right; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, turning head back to right, spurned by Victory; Z in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 35. Very Fine.(2.47gr, 19mm, 12h.).
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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