Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18.5mm, 4.48 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. VF.Triton XXVII Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 25 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18.5mm, 4.48 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. CONSTAN TINVS P F AVG, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADLOCVTIO AVG, Constantine, bareheaded and wearing military attire, standing left on platform, raising right hand and resting left hand on hip, addressing four soldiers and two bound captives, two soldiers and one captive flanking on each side, each soldier holding signum, an additional signum behind; S • M • T. RIC VII 48 (this coin cited); Depeyrot 15/1 (this coin cited and plated); Biaggi –; Andreas Alföldi, “The helmet of Constantine with the Christian monogram,” in The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 22, Part 1 (1932), 1 and pl. ii, 21 (this coin cited and plated). Lightly toned with some luster, pierced, hairlines on obverse, minor deposits. VF. Unique. The only known example. |