Two Rare Crispus Solidi

Triton XIX, Lot: 622. Estimate $25000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Crispus. Caesar, AD 316-326. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 317. FL IVL CRIS PVS NOB CAES, laureate head right / PRINCIPI • IV VENTVTIS, Crispus, diademed and in military attire, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left; PTR. RIC VII 186; Calicó –; Depeyrot 24/2; Biaggi 2062 (this coin). EF, toned, traces of deposits. Very rare.

Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2062; Hess-Leu 24 (16 April 1964), lot 359; Frank McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 140; E. Bizot Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 19 November 1902), lot 368; Hyman Montagu Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 20 April 1896), lot 839; Vicount Gustave Ponton d’Amécourt Collection (not from 1887 Rollin & Feuardent sale).