Ex Signorelli and Trau

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1231. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Martinian. Usurper, AD 324. Æ Follis (3.17 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand, scepter in left; to left, eagle standing right, holding wreath in its beak; to right, bound captive kneeling right; X/IIΓ//SMNA. RIC VII 45. VF, dark brown patina, patches of red encrustation, weakly struck in center. Extremely rare.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Credit de la Bourse (19 April 1995), lot 602; Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection (part III, Santamaria, 13 March 1953), lot 1350; Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Rauschburg and A. Hess, 22 May 1935), 3839.