294, Lot: 792. Estimate $100. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (21mm, 3.07 g, 6h). Arelate (Arles) mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 315. Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder, shield on left arm / PROVIDE NT IAE AVGG, female standing right on prow, holding cornucopia, being received by Tyche of Arles standing left, holding vexillum; QARL. RIC VII 30 (r5). Good Fine, brown patina, light porosity. Very rare.

This type commemorates the transfer of the mint of Ostia to Arles, probably in AD 313.