Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1110. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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JOVIAN. 363-364 AD. AV Solidus (4.49 gm). Antioch mint. D N IOVIAN-VS P E P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SECORITA-S(sic) REI-PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned, the former facing, the latter turned to the left, supporting between them wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVL/X in four lines; Roma holds spear, Constantinopolis holds sceptre and rests right foot on prow; ANTZ. RIC VIII 223 var. (legend); Depeyrot 18/2 note var. (officina); Cohen 8 var. (same). Good VF, minor edge nicks. ($2500)
From the William H. Williams Collection. Ex Italo Vecchi 6 (9-10 June 1997), lot 1398.
Depeyrot records this coin with misspelled reverse legend, but only with officinas D and S.