Rare Constans Miliarense
Ex Peck and Benz Collections
CNG 112, Lot: 662. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constans. AD 337-350. AR Light Miliarense (25mm, 4.20 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 342. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Constans standing facing in military dress, holding vexillum and shield; TES. RIC VIII 91; RSC 115d. Toned, light scratch on obverse. Near EF. Very rare.
Ex Phil Peck (“Morris”) Collection; Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 564, purchased from Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser, December 1991.
This rare silver miliarense was struck at the Macedonian mint of Thessalonica circa AD 342 to celebrate military successes against the Sarmatians and Franks. The reverse depicts Constans in full armor, along with the grandiose legend “Conqueror of the Barbarian Peoples.”