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30058: Constantine II, as Augustus (AD 337-340). AV sol

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Constantine II, as Augustus (AD 337-340). AV solidus (21mm, 4.45 gm, 5h). NGC AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Antioch, AD 337-338. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine II right, seen from front / VICTO-RIA AVG, Victory advancing left, grounded trophy in right hand, palm in left; star in left field, LXXII in right, SMAN• in exergue. RIC VIII 3 (R3). Depeyrot 2/1. Very rare. Ex The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection (Heritage Auctions, 3032 CICF, 10 April 2014), lot 23659; Dreesmann Collection (Spink London, 13 April 2000), lot 157; Spink/Leu (26 September 1987), lot 339 The LXXII in the right field is a mark of value, indicating that gold solidi are struck at 72 to the pound, one of the few times an explicit statement of value can be found on Roman gold coinage. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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Constantine II, as Augustus (AD 337-340). AV solidus (21mm, 4.45 gm, 5h). NGC AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Antioch, AD 337-338. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine II right, seen from front / VICTO-RIA AVG, Victory advancing left, grounded trophy in right hand, palm in left; star in left field, LXXII in right, SMAN• in exergue. RIC VIII 3 (R3). Depeyrot 2/1. Very rare. Ex The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection (Heritage Auctions, 3032 CICF, 10 April 2014), lot 23659; Dreesmann Collection (Spink London, 13 April 2000), lot 157; Spink/Leu (26 September 1987), lot 339 The LXXII in the right field is a mark of value, indicating that gold solidi are struck at 72 to the pound, one of the few times an explicit statement of value can be found on Roman gold coinage. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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