Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1079. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CONSTANTINE I. 307-337 AD. Æ Gilt Medallion (40.92 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 326 AD. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / GLORIA SAE-CVLI VIR-TVS CAESS, Constantine, laureate and draped about waist, seated left on cuirass, holding sceptre and extending his right hand to receive a Phoenix on globe from Crispus standing right in military outfit; trophy behind, panther at his feet; PR in exergue. RIC VII 279; F. Ntantalia, Bronzemedallions unter Konstantin dem Großen und seinen Söhnen, pg. 172; Gnecchi II pg. 134, 3 and pl. 130, 2 (same dies); Toynbee -; Cohen 269. VF, mottled red-brown and black patina beneath substantial remains of gilding. Very rare. ($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Triton VI (14-15 January 2003), lot 1087; Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 524; Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 434; A. Signorelli Collection (P. & P. Santamaria, 13 March 1953), lot 1355; L. Vierordt Collection (J. Schulman, 5 March 1923), lot 2646.