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Constantine I Æ Follis (19mm, 2.97g, 6h). Sirmium mint, 324-325 CE.
Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureate head right.
Rev: SARMATIA DEVICTA / SIRM (in ex.). Winged Victory advancing right holding trophy of captured armour to left & palm branch to right, with her foot spuring a captive seated right with hands bound behind his back, looking back & up toward her; ground line beneath tableau, all within border of dots.
Ref: RIC VII Sirm 48.
Provenance: Ex Sammlung Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang (1956-), Part II: Leu Web Auction 21 (19 Jul 2022), lot 5397 (acsearch record); ex Lanz Auktion 68 (6 Jun 1994), lot 849 (coryssa 1764602 record or photo)
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