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A billon coin of the emperor Constantine the Second with a reverse showing Sol Coin Type: Billon AE3 of Constantine the Second, Caesar 317-337, Augustus 337-340 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, officina 1; 317 CE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 2.9g
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB CAES
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: CLARITA-S R-EIPVBLICAE
Sol, radiate, advancing left, right hand raised, whip in left hand, chlamys over left shoulder flying.
Field Marks: A in left field.
Exergue: R P
Ref: RIC VII Rome 84
Provenance: Beast Coins (Vcoins), March 2005.
BW Ref: 001 028 032
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