Details
LOT 3537
Constantius I, as Caesar, AR Argenteus. AD 295-296. Rome mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTIVS CAES, laureate head to right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets; A in exergue. RIC VI 42a; RSC 314†b. Good Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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