455, Lot: 359. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constans. AD 337-350. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.53 g, 5h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 337-347. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding trophy and palm frond; */LXXII/SMAN•. RIC VIII 5; Depeyrot 1/3. Light scratches and marks, metal flaw on Constans’neck. VF. Rare and interesting, only 3 specimens cited by Depeyrot. The LXXII on the reverse refers to the fact that these were struck at 72 per pound.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 2099.