Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1102. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CONSTANTIUS II. 337-361 AD. AV Solidus (4.49 gm). Antioch mint. Struck 335-361 AD. CONSTAN-TIVS AVG, pearl-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/XXXX in two lines; Roma holds spear, Constantinopolis holds sceptre and rests right foot on prow; ANTS. RIC VIII 172; Depeyrot 12/1; Cohen 126. EF, obverse die break. ($1,500)
From the William H. Williams Collection. Ex Michael F. Price Collection (Stack's, 3 December 1996), lot 254.