Details
LOT 3431
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. Near Very Fine.(2.88gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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