Triton XVII, Lot: 798. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.52 g, 12h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 355-357. FL IVL CONST ANTIVS PF AVG, pearl-diadmed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with star motif in left / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing, holding spear in left hand, and Constantinopolis, turreted and draped, seated left, holding scepter in left hand and resting right foot on prow; they support between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; •RSMЄ•. RIC VIII 290 var. (mintmark); Depeyrot 12/1 var. (same). Near EF, toned, traces of earthen deposits.