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LOT 3577
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; A in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. Good Very Fine.(4.00gr, 22mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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