The Roman Empire
Constantine II caesar, 317 – 337
AE3, Treviri 322, Æ 3.64 g. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C Laurate and draped bust l., holding Victory on globe in r. hand and mappa in l. Rev. BEATA TRANQVILLITAS Globe on altar, inscribed VO / TIS / XX; above, three stars. In exergue, STR. C 23. RIC 353. Extremely fine
Ex Giessener Munzhandlung sale 81, 1997, 866.
Illustrated on www.romancoins.info, section imagines imperatorum and will be presented in the upcoming portraitbook (see introduction to this catalogue).
A rare and special bust of this young prince, holding Victory. AMP.