CONSTANTINE I. 307-337 AD. AV Aureus (5.29 gm). Struck 312 AD. Antioch
Mint. CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X,
Victory standing right, inscribing VI/CTO/RIA/AVG in four lines on a
shield set on a cippus; SMAS. RIC VII 1; Depeyrot 30/1; Alfoldi 712; Cohen
746. Near EF, slight wave in flan. Very rare, only two specimens cited by
Depeyrot. Possibly the finest known of this variety. ($6000) For another
example struck from the same obverse die, see Hess-Leu Auktion 41 (24-25
April 1969), lot 564.
Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2170.
Lot sold for $5500, plus buyers fees.
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