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LOT 3821
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-317. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle to left at feet, head reverted, holding wreath; N over B in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VII 15. Very Fine. Rare.(3.42gr, 22mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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