Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1097. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTIUS II. 337-361 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm). Siscia mint. Struck 350-351 AD. FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned, the former facing, the latter turned to the left, supporting between them shield inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in four lines; Roma holds spear, Constantinopolis holds sceptre and rests right foot on prow; SIS. RIC VIII 297; Depeyrot 18; cf. Cohen 108. Superb EF. Extremely rare, RIC and Depeyrot cite only two known examples. ($1500)