412, Lot: 683. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. AD 337-361. Æ Centenionalis (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Siscia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 350. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A behind, star before / HOC SIG-NO VICTO[R E]RIS, Constantius standing left, holding labarum and spear, being crowned by Victory standing left; A to left; •ЄSIS•. RIC VIII 286; LRBC 1173. EF, green patina.

From the Matthew Rich Collection. Ex Noble 113 (22 November 2016), lot 5031.

This coin was struck under Vetranio in the name of Constantius II during the turbulent period of Magnentius' revolt in AD 350. The reverse legend ('by this sign you shall conquer') refers to the divinely inspired vision of Constantine the Great before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, and thus alludes to Vetranio's loyalty to the house of Constantine. Vetranio eventually handed over his legions to Constantius II at Naissus, afterward withdrawing into an honorable retirement at Prusa in Bithynia.