Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1801. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Solidus (4.48 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 3rd officina. Struck AD 351-355. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust turned slightly right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned supporting between them shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; SMNG. RIC VIII 74; Depeyrot 5/2. EF, minor striking flaw on eye.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.