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LOT 3871
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). Near Very Fine.(2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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