Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1079. Closing Date: Jan
10, 2005. CONSTANTINE I. 307-337 AD. A Gilt
Medallion (40.92 gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 326
AD. Estimate $5000 Sold For $4800
CONSTANTINE I. 307-337 AD. A Gilt Medallion (40.92
gm, 5h). Rome mint. Struck 326 AD. CONSTANTI-NVS
MAX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust
right, seen from front / GLORIA SAE-CVLI VIR-TVS
CAESS, Constantine, laureate and draped about
waist, seated left on cuirass, holding sceptre and
extending his right hand to receive a Phoenix on
globe from Crispus standing right in military
outfit; trophy behind, panther at his feet; PR in
exergue. RIC VII 279; F. Ntantalia,
Bronzemedallions unter Konstantin dem Grosen und
seinen Sohnen, pg. 172; Gnecchi II pg. 134, 3 and
pl. 130, 2 (same dies); Toynbee -; Cohen 269. VF,
mottled red-brown and black patina beneath
substantial remains of gilding. Very rare. ($5000)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Triton VI
(14-15 January 2003), lot 1087; Leo Benz
Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 524;
Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 434; A. Signorelli
Collection (P. & P. Santamaria, 13 March 1953),
lot 1355; L. Vierordt Collection (J. Schulman, 5
March 1923), lot 2646.
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