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LOT 3067
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with nine rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field, SMAL in exergue. RIC VII 51. Near Extremely Fine.(3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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