Extremely Rare Mule

345, Lot: 528. Estimate $100. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine II. As Caesar, AD 316-337. Æ (14mm, 1.78 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 330. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf standing left, head facing, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; PLG. Cf. RIC VII 238/242 (for obv./rev.); cf. Lyon 199/201 (same); cf. LRBC 184 (for rev. type). Good VF, brown patina. Unpublished in the standard references. An extremely rare mule of the she-wolf reverse series with a non Urbs Roma obverse.