26 Centuries of Gold
347-355 Constantius II
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - ROMAN EMPIRE (1st CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ROMAN EMPIRE Constantius II,AD 337-361 |
| Item Description: |
AV Solidus Constantinopolis w/votive Antioch. rv Roma & |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5 Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5 |
| Owner: |
deposito |
Owner Comments:
Constantius II AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 347-355. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVBLICAE, Roma, seated facing on left, and Constantinopolis, seated left on right, supporting round shield inscribed VOT XX MVLT XXX in four lines; SMANI in exergue. RIC 83; Depeyrot 6/3. 4.41g, 21mm, 12h.
Won live from Roma Numismatics auction 3-27-2020 when their live auction was cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic gripping London and most of the developed world. Probably I paid about $1300 too much for this coin, after losing out on a Constantine II that I had been bidding on. Antioch solidii of this type are not rare, even in this pretty-good condition. But, I have only found a couple in the archives where the SMANI looks like SMANI instead of SMANT or SMANĪ