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LOT 3211
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. Very Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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