Very Rare Half Siliqua

CNG 105, Lot: 969. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AR Half Siliqua (16mm, 1.23 g, 11h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 308-313. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four-turreted camp gate with no doors; PTR. RIC VI 828; Schulten Em. 13, pl. IV, 9 var. (mintmark); RSC 707b. EF, attractively toned, flan crack. Well centered. Very rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Z. Beasley Collection (VAuctions 244, 1 April 2010), lot 111; Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1592; Freeman & Sear 9 (16 July 2003), lot 679; Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 2166.