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LOT 3857
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS •, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. Good Very Fine.(3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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