Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 330. Near EF.CNG Feature Auction 127 Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.50 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 330. CONSTANTI NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PIETAS AVGVSTI NOSTRI, Constantine I, wearing military attire, standing left, holding transverse scepter, extending hand to raise turreted female kneeling right, presented by soldier resting right hand on female figure and holding shield; to right, Victory standing left, crowning Constantine with palm frond; SMNM. RIC VII 167; Depeyrot 42/1; Biaggi –. Toned, heavy hairlines, light deposits. Near EF. Extremely rare. Only two known to Depeyrot in his 2004 corpus. One additional since in CoinArchives (NAC 33, 596) which hammered at CHF 12,000. |