Ex Weber and Montagu Collections

CNG 85, Lot: 1212. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV 1½ Solidus Medallion (25mm, 6.47 g, 6h). Vicennalia issue. Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 27 February AD 327. Head right, wearing ornate three-string pearl diadem / GLORIA CONS TANTINI AVG, Constantine, diademed and in military outfit, advancing right, holding spear and trophy; at feet on either side, bound captive with head turned toward emperor; SMTS. RIC VII 163 (this coin referenced) = Alföldi 168 and pl. 3, 198 (this coin, illustrated); Gnecchi 23; Depeyrot -. Good VF, light scratch across neck. Very rare.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Glendining (27 May 1936), lot 237; Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 1909), lot 2580; Hyman Montagu Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 20 April 1896), lot 829.