Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (18mm, 3.32 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 327-328.

Electronic Auction 494
Lot: 425. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. Æ Follis (18mm, 3.32 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 327-328. Laureate head right / Camp gate with two turrets; star above; (wreath)|A//SMAL. RIC VII 45. Mostly silvered, toned, traces of deposits. EF.

Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection of Late Roman Bronzes (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 471, 1 July 2020), lot 397.

Giovanni Dattari, an Italian businessman born in the mid-1850s, moved to Cairo, Egypt 30 years later and became fascinated with the Roman provincial coinage of Alexandria. His vast and comprehensive collection of Roman Egyptian coinage was first published in 1901 and still serves a primary reference for the series. Dattari also collected other coin types as well, including nearly 20,000 Roman Imperial coins of Alexandria and other mints, with the same eye for quality and variety that he devoted to the provincial coinage, although he did not employ the same intensive cataloguing and record keeping. His collections were dispersed in large group lots in the early 1900s, several of which remained intact until they were acquired by two European dealers in recent years and were sold in a series of auctions.

Closing Date and Time: 23 June 2021 at 12:21:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.