204, Lot: 377. Estimate $200. Sold for $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ROMAN. Imperial. Æ Folles of Constantine I, Crispus, Constantine II, and Constantius II. Includes: Londinium (London) mint. Struck AD 324-325. Constantine I. 1. Laureate head right / Camp gate with two turrets, no doors with pellet above, and six stone layers; star above; PLON. RIC VII 293 var. (no pellet) // Crispus. 2. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Camp gate with two turrets, no doors with pellet in doorway, and six stone layers; star above; PLON. RIC VII 295 var. (same) // Constantine II. 3. Same / Same. RIC VII 296 var. (same) // Constantius II. 4. Same / Same. RIC VII 297 var. (same) // 5. Laureate and cuirassed bust left / Camp gate with two turrets, no doors with pellet in doorway and above, and six stone layers; star above. RIC VII 298 var. (same) // 6. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Camp gate with two turrets, no doors with pellet in doorway, and six stone layers; star above; PLON. RIC VII 298 var. (bust and no pellet). VF-good VF, green/brown patinas. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Six (6) coins in lot.
From the J.S. Vogelaar Collection.
Coins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are all unmentioned in RIC with the pellet within or above the doorway; coin 5 features a pellet both within and above the doorway; coin 6 features an unlisted right-facing bust with this legend and reverse type.The ‘dot/PLON’ mintmark was discovered and presented in the Pierre Bastien sale in October 1982 (Münzen und Medaillen 61). Lot 620, a follis of Crispus, features a pellet above the doorway and this usage of an additional mark is seen as a separate emission.