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LOT 3312
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 322-325. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines above crescent; ST below. RIC VII 167. Extremely Fine. Wonderful toned full silvering. Flan crack at 11h.(3.24gr, 19mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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