Details
LOT 3578
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows over altar to left; Δ in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 71a. Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.(5.19gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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