453, Lot: 633. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (22mm, 5.04 g, 6h).
Tricennalia issue. Antioch mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 355-361. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding a spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Roma seated facing, holding spear, and Constantinopolis seated left, holding scepter and resting foot on prow, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/ XXX/ MVLT/ XXXX in four lines; SMANI. RIC VIII 165; Depeyrot 10/1. Set in an ancient bezel, wavy flan, some marks and deposits. Fine.