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Monthly Auction 271933 18 Aug 2019
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Hanniballianus, as Rex Regum (AD 335-337). AE 3/4 or BI nummus (17mm, 1.24 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Constantinople, 6th officina, AD 336-337. FL HANNIBALLIANO REGI, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hanniballianus right, seen from front / SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates reclining right on ground, leaning on scepter in right hand, urn at side, reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147.
Coins of Hanniballianus, nephew of Constantine I the Great, were struck only at Constantinople and remain the only pieces struck to give the title "king" (REGI) to a Roman ruler. The reverse type, a reclining personification of the River Euphrates, supports the view that Constantine's eventual aim was to invade the Sasanian Persian Kingdom and install Hanniballianus at its head, thus ending the centuries-old conflict between East and West.
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Estimate: 100-200 USD
Hanniballianus, as Rex Regum (AD 335-337). AE 3/4 or BI nummus (17mm, 1.24 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Constantinople, 6th officina, AD 336-337. FL HANNIBALLIANO REGI, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Hanniballianus right, seen from front / SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates reclining right on ground, leaning on scepter in right hand, urn at side, reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147.
Coins of Hanniballianus, nephew of Constantine I the Great, were struck only at Constantinople and remain the only pieces struck to give the title "king" (REGI) to a Roman ruler. The reverse type, a reclining personification of the River Euphrates, supports the view that Constantine's eventual aim was to invade the Sasanian Persian Kingdom and install Hanniballianus at its head, thus ending the centuries-old conflict between East and West.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/hanniballianus-as-rex-regum-ad-335-337-ae-3-4-or-bi-nummus-17mm-124-gm-6h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5/p/271933-11073.s?type=CoinArchives271933
HID02906262019
© 2019 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 100-200 USD