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LOT 3213
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and mappa in his left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT X; bound captive seated to left and right; S F HL(ligate) across fields; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 125 (bust type). Very Fine.(3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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