Triton XX, Lot: 871. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine II. As Caesar, AD 316-337. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 335. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PRINCIPI IVVE NTVTIS, Constantine II, in military dress, standing left, holding vexillum with his right hand and scepter with his left; to right, two signa. RIC VII 209 var. (obv. bust with plain diadem); Depeyrot 16/3 var. (same); Biaggi 2082 var. (same). EF, die break on the obverse, minor smoothing on cheek. Unpublished variant with a laureate versus plain diadem bust type.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 117 (14 October 2002), lot 686.