Details
LOT 3315
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Arelate mint; struck AD 327. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTV-S AVGG, camp gate with six rows, doors thrown back and four turrets, star above, S F across fields; ARLP in exergue. RIC VII 313; LRBC 321. Extremely Fine. Nearly full silvering. Flan crack at 1h. Rare officina.(3.02gr, 19mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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