ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN EMPIRE, Constantius II. Gold Solidus (4.40 g), AD 337-361. Antioch, AD 355-361. FL IVL CONSTAN-TIVS PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantius II facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman spearing enemy. Rev. GLORIA REI-PVBLICAE, Roma, on left, and Constantinopolis, on right, with foot resting on prow and holding scepter, enthroned facing, supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/XXX/MVLT/XXXX in four lines; SMANB. (RIC 162; Depeyrot 9/1). Fine style. Light dent on edge of flan at 10 o'clock. About extremely fine.
Estimate: $ 1,500