Details
LOT 3309
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; S-F across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 4; Bastien 541. Near Extremely Fine.(3.96gr, 21mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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