Ex Tan, Mazzini, and Cornaggia Collections

Triton XXII, Lot: 1171. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. As Caesar, AD 306-309. AR Argenteus (18mm, 3.19 g, 12h). Treveri (Trier) mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 306-307. CONSTAN TINVS NOB C, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four-turreted camp gate with open doors; PTR. RIC VI 636; Gautier, Argentei 4e = Mazzini 706 (this coin); DOC –; RSC 706. Choice EF, toned. Very rare, Gautier cites only six specimens.

Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection (Triton XX, 8 January 2018), lot 865; Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1204; Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 482; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 706; Count Gian Luigi Cornaggia Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG XIII, 17 June 1954), lot 515, purchased from E. Bourgey.