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LOT 3352
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VO-TIS XX, surmounted by globe, three stars above; STR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. Near Mint State.(2.88gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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