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Electronic Auction 522

Lot nuber 584

Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 294.


Electronic Auction 522
Lot: 584.
 Estimated: $ 750

Roman Imperial, Silver

Sold For $ 1 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-305. AR Argenteus (19mm, 3.37 g, 6h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 294. Laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, the four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets. RIC VI 15a; Jelocnik 34; RSC 315a. Iridescent toning with golden hues, tiny obverse die flaws. FDC. Very rare and with an excellent portrait.

From the Style Collection. Ex Artemide LII (27 October 2019), lot 353; Ex Sisak hoard.

On March 1, AD 293, the Roman world was significantly changed when the Augustus (senior emperor) Diocletian and his Caesar (junior emperor) Maximianus reorganized the Empire to be administered by two Augusti and two Caesars. In this new system, known as the Tetrarchy, one Augustus and Caesar would be responsible for the Western Empire while the other would handle the East. Maximianus was named Augustus in the West and appointed his son-in-law, Constantius Chlorus, as his Caesar while Diocletian elevated his own son-in-law, Galerius, to be his Caesar. (NAC 99, 45 note).

This coin belongs to the hoard of Sisak, discovered in 1953 in Croatia. Published in A. Jelocnik 'The Sisak hoard of argentei of the early tetrarchy', Ljubljana, 1961.

Closing Date and Time: 24 August 2022 at 13:14:20 ET.

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