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LOT 3774
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 308/9. Rome mint. 4th officina.
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing on throne, head to left, holding globe and spear, within hexastyle temple with wreath in pediment and and statues as acroteria; H in left field, R Q in exergue. RIC VI 202a. Near Extremely Fine.(6.85gr, 25mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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