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Auction 117 19-20 May 2021
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Constantius II. AD 337-361. AV Heavy Solidus (23.5mm, 5.28 g, 12h). Vicennalia issue. Aquileia mint. Struck AD 343-344. CONSTANTI VS AVGVSTVS, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; all within laurel wreath / VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG, Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on her left knee a shield inscribed VOT/ XX/ MVLT/ XXX in four lines; to right, small genius standing left supporting the shield; SMAQ; all within laurel wreath. Cf. RIC VIII 44 (for a normal weight solidus of the same type); P&Z 436 (this coin); cf. Depeyrot 4/1 (same). Underlying luster, light roughness on obverse, traces of deposits. Near EF. Very rare.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 66 (22 October 1984), lot 865.
This issue, struck on the occasion of the vicennalia of Constantius II, is distinguished by the crown which surrounds the design features on both the obverse and the reverse. Gold crowns were offered to the emperor by the cities on the occasion of regal anniversaries. The aurum coronarium became a tax intended to finance the expenses occasioned by these festivities. This issue was struck at a heavier weight of sixty pieces to the Roman pound, rather than the usual seventy-two.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 66 (22 October 1984), lot 865.
This issue, struck on the occasion of the vicennalia of Constantius II, is distinguished by the crown which surrounds the design features on both the obverse and the reverse. Gold crowns were offered to the emperor by the cities on the occasion of regal anniversaries. The aurum coronarium became a tax intended to finance the expenses occasioned by these festivities. This issue was struck at a heavier weight of sixty pieces to the Roman pound, rather than the usual seventy-two.