78, Lot: 86. Estimate $100. Sold for $158. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANNIBALIANUS, Rex. 336-337 AD. Æ 16mm (1.40 gm). Constantinople mint. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Euphrates reclining right; CONSS. RIC VII 148; LRBC 1034. Near VF, rough green patina.

Hanniballianus, the nephew of Constantine, was given the title of King of Armenia, Pontus and Cappadocia rather that the normal office of Caesar. He was murdered in the power struggle that ensued afetr the death of Constantine in 337.