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Numismatic Auction 64 24 January 2017
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Constantine I. A.D. 307-337. Billon centenionalis or argenteus (17.33 mm, 3.13 g, 6 h). Trier mint, struck A.D. 312. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, cuirassed bust left in high-crested helmet, holding spear over right shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar with prism pattern; PTR in exergue. RIC 208A; RSC 643; SRCV 15859. near VF, toned .
This was a short-lived experimental issue in billon i 312 which Constantine called "centenionalis" - 100 to the solidus. Omitted from RIC vi in error, it was the pattern which was revived 7 years later as the lower-silver billon centenionalis which is more familiar to most everyone.
This was a short-lived experimental issue in billon i 312 which Constantine called "centenionalis" - 100 to the solidus. Omitted from RIC vi in error, it was the pattern which was revived 7 years later as the lower-silver billon centenionalis which is more familiar to most everyone.