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LOT 3739
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Ticinum mint.
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; ST below. RIC VII 162 var. (bust to right); Bikic-Do hoard 983-984 var. (mintmark PT). Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.(3.25gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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