Details
LOT 3090
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 6th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; TSЄVI below. RIC VII 123. Extremely Fine.(2.98gr, 19mm, 5h.).
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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