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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. NGC Ch AU★, 5/5, 4/5.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.33 g, 12h). Ticinum mint. Struck AD 315. CONSTANTI NVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVGVSTI N, Constantine, wearing military attire and paludamentum billowing behind him, on horseback galloping right, raising right hand and holding shield on left arm; three enemies impaled with spears strewn about below; SMT. RIC VII 35; Depeyrot 12/12; Biaggi –; Mazzini –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 2113106-062, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Extremely rare. One of two known, this coin the far superior example. The Laffranchi Collection example, cited in RIC, is the other, which is also the example sold by Rollin & Feuardent in 1909. A wonderful reverse composition.
Ex MDC Monaco 11 (21 April 2023), lot 402; Nomisma S.p.a. 34 (28 April 2007), lot 372; Giessener Münzhandlung 48 (2 April 1990), lot 961.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
Ex MDC Monaco 11 (21 April 2023), lot 402; Nomisma S.p.a. 34 (28 April 2007), lot 372; Giessener Münzhandlung 48 (2 April 1990), lot 961.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
