CNG 93, Lot: 1257. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.23 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 3nd officina. Struck AD 315. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIAE AVGG NN, Victory standing right, inscribing VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines on shield set on cippus; SMNΓ. RIC VII 9 var. (no officina letter); Alföldi 641 var. (same); Depeyrot 18/1 var. (same); Calicó 5194 var. (same). VF, toned, a couple scrapes on reverse. Very rare.