Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1251. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINOPOLIS. AR Third Siliqua (0.90 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Constantine I, circa 330 AD. Diademed and draped female bust (Fausta?) right, wearing necklace of pearls; diadem with ties and semi-circular jewel / Large K within beaded border. RIC VII -; Bendall 4; cf. Mazzini V pl. XXXVIII, 287 (Constantine II); RSC -; Vagi 3052. Good VF, attractively toned, well centered, struck from worn dies. Rare. ($750)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Kovacs XIV (16 October 1998), lot 231.

The identity of the female bust remains uncertain; Helena, Fausta, and Theodora have been suggested.