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Monthly Auction 271933  –  19 August 2019

Heritage Auctions, Monthly Auction 271933

Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris Collection, Part II

Mo, 19.08.2019, from 3:00 AM CEST
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Description

Divus Constantine I the Great (AD 307-337). AE quarter-nummus (15mm, 2.32 gm, 6h). VF. Nicomedia, officina 6 and 3, AD 342. D V CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled bust of Divus Constantine I right / IVST VEN MEM, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and transverse scepter; SMNSΓ in exergue. cf. RIC VIII 43. According to RIC, this issue was only struck for officina 4 (Δ). This die seems to have been recut to an S officina followed by a Γ officina. An interesting variant sure to please the most specialist collector.

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