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440, Lot: 493. Estimate $50.
Sold for $30. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. Æ Radiate Fraction (18mm, 2.12 g, 6h). Converted into a gaming token(?). Alexandria mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa AD 296-297. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Constantius I, in military dress, standing right, receiving small Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, leaning on scepter; Γ//ALE. RIC VI 48a. Fine, dark green-brown patina, reddish earthen encrustation, cut into a cog-shaped token/game piece. Interesting contemporary use of a late 3rd century Roman Bronze coin.