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CSNS Signature Sale 3107  3-5 May 2023
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Lot 31204

Starting price: 2000 USD
Price realized: 6500 USD
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Constantine I the Great (AD 307-337). AV solidus (19mm, 4.42 gm, 5h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, edge marks. Trier, AD 317. CONSTANTI-NVS P F AVG, laureate head of Constantine I right / VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG, Victory advancing right, wreath upward in right hand, palm in left over shoulder; bound captives seated on ground to right and left, PTR in exergue. RIC VII 190. Extremely rare - only two examples in sales archives.

This appears to be a donative issue minted for the celebrations surrounding the elevations of Crispus, Constantine II, and Licinius II to the rank of Caesar.

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