Details
LOT 3783
Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, bound captive to left and right; P T in exergue. RIC VII 114. Good Very Fine.(3.54gr, 21mm, 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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