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LOT 3072
Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 297-299.
Cyzicus mint. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; KB in exergue. RIC VI 11a. Near Extremely Fine.(8.91gr, 27mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
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