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Auction XIX  26-27 Mar 2020
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Lot 964

Estimate: 1000 GBP
Price realized: 2800 GBP
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Constantius Gallus, as Caesar, AR Siliqua. Sirmium, AD 351. CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bare head right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with jewel at apex; SIRM in exergue. RIC 14; RSC 56b. 2.69g, 21mm, 6h.

Fleur De Coin; beautiful old cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.

From the Brian Henry Grover (1924-2015) Collection.

Anticipatory vota are frequently recorded on the coinage at the outset of a reign, but Gallus reigned only three years as Caesar, before being executed for treason by his superior colleague and cousin Constantius II.
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