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LOT 3214
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q below. RIC 235. Near Extremely Fine.(2.95gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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