Watch List notes:

Constans. AD 337-350. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.45 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 337-340. FL IVL CON STANS P F AVG, pearl-and-rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS EXERCITVM, Constans standing facing, head left, wearing military attire, holding a trophy mounted on a spear with his right hand and a shield on the ground with his left; a captive seated to either side at his feet, the one on the left with his hands bound, and the one on his right holding his head with his left hand, both are looking upward at the emperor; TES. RIC VIII 34; Depeyrot 4/7; Mazzini 191 (this coin); Biaggi 2126. EF. Rare.


From the Continental Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXIII (3 May 1994), lot 695; Numismatic Fine Arts XXIX (13 August 1992), lot 441; Numismatic Fine Arts XXII (1 June 1989), lot 140; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 191.