Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1639. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (4.45 g, 1h). Sirmium mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 355-361. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned facing, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXXV/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; Roma holds spear, Constantinopolis holds scepter and rests foot on prow; BSIRM. RIC VIII 61; Depeyrot 15/1. Choice EF, shallow scratch in left obverse field.
From the Alain Lagrange Collection.