Six Impressive Solidi of Constantine the Great

Triton XIX, Lot: 615. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.52 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck July AD 310. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / PRINCIPI • IV VENTVTIS, Constantine, diademed, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left. RIC VI 814; Calicó 5185b; Depeyrot 15/7 corr. (pellet not noted in rev. legend); Biaggi 1988. Superb EF, lustrous, a few small scrapes on portrait, ‘X’ graffito in field of reverse.