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LOT 3432
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Rome mint; struck AD 330. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. Extremely Fine.(2.22gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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