Details
LOT 3841
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. Very Fine.(2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.).
Provenance
From an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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