CNG 84, Lot: 1516. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (20mm, 3.87 g, 5h). Barbarous imitation of Constantinople mint issue. Head right, wearing plain diadem, in attitude of prayer toward the heavens / CONSTEI TI NES CAES AИς (retrograde C), Victory standing slightly left, holding wreath and palm frond; CONCOB (retrograde). For prototype: cf. RIC VII 2; cf. Depeyrot 1/1-2. EF, slight die shift on obverse. Very rare and interesting imitation.