Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 5.06 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 1st emission, autumn AD 293-early 294. EF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 891.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Gold

Estimate: $ 7 500

BID NOW

Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 5.06 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 1st emission, autumn AD 293-early 294. CONSTA NTIVS N C, laureate head right / IOVI CONS ERVATORI, Jupiter enthroned left, holding thunderbolt in outstretched right hand and scepter in left; at feet to left, eagle standing left, head and tail right, with wings displayed, holding wreath in beak; PTR. RIC VI –; Zanchi & Estiot 14a (CCL 2/ R 6 – this coin, illustrated); Depeyrot –; Calicó 4847a (this coin illustrated). Lustrous, significant smoothing above head on obverse, graffiti on reverse. EF. The only example in CoinArchives. Apparently unique.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 24 (5 December 2002), lot 250; Tkalec (25 October 1996), lot 270.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 126 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 28-29 May 2024. This lot is in Session Three, which will begin 29 May at 9 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.