Triton XVIII, Lot: 1241. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 314-15. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / RESTITVTO RI LI BE RTATIS, Roma, holding scepter in left hand, enthroned right, shield at side, handing globus held in right hand to Constantine in military attire, standing left, extending right hand to receive globus and cradling parazonium in left arm; PTR. RIC VII 25 var. (rev. legend breaks); cf. Alföldi 428-9 (for type); Depeyrot 20/7; Calicó –; DOC –; Hunter –; Biaggi 1990; Kampmann 18 = AdG p. 42 = DDTP p. 25 (this coin); NAC 49, lot 468. Choice EF, lustrous, hairline die break in obverse field. Extremely rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Antiqua FPL VII (1999/2000), no. 111.