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E-Live Auction 3  25 Oct 2018
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Lot 922

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 200 GBP
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Constantius Gallus (cousin of Constantius II), as Caesar, AR Siliqua. Siscia, AD 351. D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA CAESARIS, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy; SIS in exergue. RIC -, cf. footnote to 299; C. 45; Rauch 80, 280. 2.72g, 20mm, 1h.

Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Somewhat corroded, heavily cleaned and a touch smoothed. Toned. Extremely Rare, perhaps the second known example.

Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 45, 5 May 2018, lot 735 (sold for £320.00; buyer defaulted).

Unlisted in RIC, this seemingly variant reverse depicting Victory holding wreath (as opposed to palm branch) and trophy was noted by Cohen, an example from different dies being sold by Rauch in 2007 and again by Tkalec in 2011.
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