Details
LOT 3307
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath containing VOT • XX in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. Extremely Fine; some silvering remaining.(3.29gr, 18mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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