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Constans. AD 337-350. AV Nine Siliquae – 1 ½ Scripulum (15mm, 1.68 g, 12h). Aquileia mint. Struck AD 340-350. CONSTANS AVGVSTVS, laurel-and-rosette diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICI TA S PERPETVA, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond in left; SMAQ. RIC VIII –; Depeyrot –; Biaggi –; Triton XXV, lot 1006 (same rev. die). Toned, minor scratches and marks, light deposits. Near EF. Extremely rare. The second known.
The gold 1½ Scripulum - 9 Siliquae denomination was introduced by Constantine I circa AD 310, and tariffed at the inconvenient ratio of three-eighths of a gold solidus. It was later replaced by the more convenient gold tremissis under Theodosius I circa AD 383. The denomination is particularly rare as an issue of Constans.
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