Two Very Rare Issues of Constantius III

Triton XIX, Lot: 674. Estimate $50000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius III. AD 421. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.45 g, 12h). Ravenna mint. D N CONSTAN TIVS P F AVC, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A AVGGG, Constantius, diademed and in military attire, standing facing, head right, left foot on bound captive, holding labarum in right hand and in left, Victory standing left on globe holding wreath and palm frond; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 1325; Ranieri 47-8; Depeyrot 7/4; Biaggi 2330. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex Hess-Leu (7 April 1960), lot 420; Hess-Leu (27 March 1956), lot 441.