CNG 84, Lot: 1440. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.19 g, 12h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 293-294. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / PRAESIDIA REI PVBLIC, Constantius and Galerius standing facing one another, with one receiving Victory on globe from the other, and each holding scepter; between, bound captive seated right; XXIA. RIC V 671. VF, black patina.

From the White Mountain Collection.

An otherwise unknown legend, the praesidia reipublicae, or defense of the republic, is clearly indicated by the scene on this reverse type which shows the two Caesares as Rome’s eastern and western defenders, with the victoriola---the statuette of a crowning Victory on a globe---and the bound captive being emblematic of their assured military prowess.