Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1045. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LATE ROMAN BRONZE HOARD. Licinius I - Constantine II. A nearly intact hoard of 915 folles (see the previous lot for the remaining 85 coins from the hoard and its container), all from the mint of Heraclea and with 'Camp Gate' reverses, most struck 318-320 AD. Includes the following: Licinius I (313 coins): Heraclea - RIC 15 (8), RIC 17 (28), RIC 29 (65), RIC 34 (15), RIC 39 (3), RIC 43 (58), RIC 48 (incorrectly listed as bust left - 135), Arles - RIC 196 (1) // Licinius II (266 coins): Heraclea - RIC 19 (19), RIC 25 (2), RIC 31 (27), RIC 36 (22), RIC 41 (1), RIC 45 (81), RIC 49 (114) // Constantine I (112 coins): Heraclea - RIC 16 (16), RIC 28 (26), RIC 33 (21), RIC 42 (41), RIC - (three dots right, 8, all from the same dies) // Crispus (108 coins): Heraclea - RIC 18 (10), RIC 23 (2), RIC 30 (45), RIC 35 (23), RIC 44 (28) // Constantine II (99 coins): Heraclea - RIC 20 (12), RIC 26 (1), RIC 32 (17 - 2 from officina D), RIC 37 (13 - 5 from officina D), RIC 46 (54), RIC - (1, mintmark as 41 but Constantine II), Cyzicus - RIC 37 (1) // Broken coins (17 coins): RIC 34 (2), RIC 37 (2), RIC - (3 dots (1)), RIC 43 (2), RIC 45 (4), RIC 46 (2), RIC 48 (1), RIC 49 (2), Uncertain (1). The two non-Heralcea mint coins are most likely intrusions, as the type and time periods do not match and the patina and surfaces are different than the other 998 coins. Overall, the coins exhibit very little, if any, actual wear, although many coins are corroded and pitted. An examination of the uncleaned coins in the previous lot reveals heavily encrusted coins, most with much original silvering intact. Most of this original silvering was lost on the present group in the cleaning process. This hoard probably represents a group of coins delivered directly from the mint to be paid out to the recipient of the 1 pound silver bowl with which the hoard was found. This is not a circulation hoard. All the coins are from the same period of issue, from the same mint and all of the same type. The majority, including the last struck, are dated to 318-320 AD. Many die links were noted while going through the group, though no detailed study was made. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Nine hundred fifteen (915) coins in lot. ($7500)

See the description of the bowl, above, for the historical context of this hoard's deposit.