Ex La Borde and Biaggi de Blasys Collections

Triton XXI, Lot: 857. Estimate $20000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.65 g, 6h). Sirmium mint. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SOLI COMITI AVG N, Sol, holding Victory standing right and holding wreath, standing right and presenting it to Constantine, bareheaded and in ornate outfit, standing left, at feet to left, small figure kneeling right with hands outstretched; SIRM. RIC VII 8 (this coin referenced); Alföldi 481; Depeyrot 2/5 (this coin referenced); Calicó, p. 868; Biaggi 1996 (this coin). EF, minor marks. Very rare.

Ex George W. La Borde Collection (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 91, 23 May 2016), lot 68; Important Collection of Roman Gold Coins (Part I, Numismatica Ars Classica 34, 21 November 2006), lot 209; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 1996; Hess-Leu 28 (5 May 1965), lot 526.