Fine Style Constantius II

389, Lot: 778. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.54 g, 6h). Tricennalia issue. Antioch mint, 8th officina. Struck AD 355-361. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding a spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Roma seated facing, holding spear in left hand, and Constantinopolis seated left, holding scepter in left hand and resting foot on prow, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; SMANH. RIC VIII 165; Depeyrot 10/1. Near EF, a few light marks and scratches.