Two Rare 1½ Scripula

CNG 111, Lot: 811. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Nine Siliqua – 1½ Scripulum (15.5mm, 1.61 g, 11h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 347-355. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, left shoulder raised / Victory seated right on cuirass, to left is a shield set on ground; on her knee she supports a shield inscribed VOT/ XXX in two lines; to right, a small winged Genius supports the shield with both hands; SMAN. RIC VIII 97 (nine-siliqua piece); Depeyrot 8/5 (fraction of 1.5 scrupule). EF, lustrous, minor roughness on obverse, traces of die rust on reverse. Rare.