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LOT 3812
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. Near Very Fine.(1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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