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Constantine III AV Solidus. Arelate, AD 408-411. D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGGG, Constantine standing to right in military dress, holding vexillum in right hand, Victory on globe in left, his left foot on captive laying on ground to right; A-R across fields, KONOB in exergue. RIC 1522; Depeyrot 21/1. 4.48g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 6, 30 November 2010, lot 210 (hammer: CHF 17,000);
Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 55, 16 September 2002, lot 2046.
Constantine III is remembered chiefly as the general and usurper who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in 407 while based in Britannia, stripping all troops from the province and thus leaving the province open to Saxon invasion and conquest. Thus was Britannia forever lost to Rome.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA, Auction 6, 30 November 2010, lot 210 (hammer: CHF 17,000);
Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 55, 16 September 2002, lot 2046.
Constantine III is remembered chiefly as the general and usurper who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in 407 while based in Britannia, stripping all troops from the province and thus leaving the province open to Saxon invasion and conquest. Thus was Britannia forever lost to Rome.