Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 773. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (4.42 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 335-336. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA CO-NSTANTINI AVG, Victory advancing left, holding trophy in right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm; (Christogram)-LXXII//SMAN•. RIC VII 100; Alföldi 571; Depeyrot 49/1; Cohen 605. EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the Arthur J. Frank Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 318 (November/December 1970), lot 51.

The LXXII in the right field on reverse indicates the weight of the solidus; namely, 72 solidi to the pound.