Rare Delmatius Siliqua

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1237. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $4200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Delmatius. Caesar, AD 335-337. AR Siliqua (3.23 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 337. Diademed head right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; C•I. RIC VIII p. 719, 136A; RSC 3†d. VF, light porosity, hairline flan crack, scrape on obverse. Extremely rare.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 553; Lanz 60 (11 June 1992), lot 898.