258, Lot: 470. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Sirmium mint. Struck AD 351-355. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned facing, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/ XXXV/ MVLT/ XXXX in four lines; Roma holds spear, Constantinopolis holds scepter and rests foot on prow; •SIRM(palm). RIC VIII 5; Depeyrot 3/1. Near VF, uncertain graffiti on obverse.