Details
LOT 3847
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 323-324. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmetted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 287; C&T 9.05.039; RML 1055. Good Very Fine.(2.78gr, 20mm, 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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