Ex Biaggi Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 627. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans. As Caesar, AD 333-337. AV 9 Siliquae (17mm, 1.78 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336. FL CONSTANS NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS CAESARVM NN, Constans, in military attire, standing right with left foot on bound captive looking left, holding vexillum in right hand and parazonium in left; to left at feet, captive sitting left in attitude of dejection, head right; CONS. RIC VII 121 = Depeyrot 7/22 (both citing the example in ANS); Biaggi 2128 (this coin). Near EF, lightly toned, die break on ear, a few light field marks. Very rare.

Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2128.