Ancients
Constantine I the Great (AD 307-337). AV aureus (19mm, 5.11 gm, 6h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 2/5. Nicomedia, AD 313. CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head of Constantine I right / VOTIS V-MVLTIS X, Victory standing right, inscribing VI/CTO/RIA/AVG in four lines on shield set on cippus; star above two pellets in left field, SMN in exergue. RIC VII 5. Calicó 5197 (same dies). Extremely rare - the sole example in sales archives.
From the Norman Tsacalis Collection. Ex Heritage Auctions, 3046 CICF (14 April 2016), lot 29339; Goldberg, Auction 25 (31 May 2004), lot 3160; Stack's Autumn Sale (17 September 1980), lot 257
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD