Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1522. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. AR Third Siliqua (1.14 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Constantine I, circa AD 330. Mantled bust right, wearing pearl diadem, and pearl necklace / Large K. RIC VII -; cf. Bendall 5a and 5b; RSC -. EF, toned. Good quality metal. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Aretusa 4 (22 March 1996), lot 689.

Probably a donative issue struck for the celebrations dedicating Constantine’s new capital city in May AD 330. The identity of the female bust remains uncertain; Helena, Fausta, and Theodora have been suggested.