Details
LOT 3425
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 316-317. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding sceptre, globe and mappa / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with three turrets, no doors; HTA in exergue. RIC VII 15. Very Fine.(2.67gr, 19mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33.
