Details
LOT 3375
Maxentius AE Quarter Nummus. AD 307-312.
Rome mint; struck AD 310-312. MAXENTI-VS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VOT • Q • Q MVL X, legend in four lines within wreath. RIC VI 281a. Near Very Fine.(2.10gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 304, 20 June 2024, lot 757 (company's ticket included).
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