Details
LOT 3403
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina.(3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Coincraft, London, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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