365, Lot: 363. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Fourrée Solidus (20mm, 2.59 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 351-355. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Roma seated facing, holding spear; Constantinopolis seated left, holding scepter and resting foot on prow; they support between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; SMN. Cf. RIC VIII 74; cf. Depeyrot 5/2. VF, a couple scratches on obverse, breaks in plating. No officina.