Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Constantius II AV Solidus. Rome, AD 355-357. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield decorated with star motif in left / GLORIA REIPVBLICAE, Roma, seated facing on left, and Constantinopolis seated to left on right, holding a spear and a sceptre respectively, Constantinopolis rests her foot on prow, both supporting round shield inscribed VOT XXX MVLT XXXX; (branch) RSMP (branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 291; Depeyrot 13/1. 4.41g, 21mm, 6h.
Mint State. Rare.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 98, 12 December 2016, lot 1459;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 46, 28 November 1988, lot 703.
This is one of the first frontal portraits that portray the emperor with a helmet, holding a spear and a shield. This iconographical format would later come to dominate the solidus issues of the later Roman and 'Byzantine' coinage.
Mint State. Rare.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 98, 12 December 2016, lot 1459;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 46, 28 November 1988, lot 703.
This is one of the first frontal portraits that portray the emperor with a helmet, holding a spear and a shield. This iconographical format would later come to dominate the solidus issues of the later Roman and 'Byzantine' coinage.