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Constantine I. AD 307/310-337. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck early AD 315. Laureate head right / Constantine, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding globe and short scepter; PTR. RIC VII 21 (this coin cited); Depeyrot 21/4; Biaggi –. Toned, flan crack, a couple digs on reverse, scratches under tone, faint hairlines. Near EF. Very rare.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale (25 May 2020), lot 1224; Hiedelberger 76 (14 May 2019), lot 387; Sotheby’s “Two Hundred Highly Important Greek and Roman Coins” (5 July 1995), lot 182; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 449 (October 1982), no. 20; Münzen und Medaillen AG XXXV (16 June 1967), lot 134; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 159 (August 1956), no. 21; Arthur J. Evans Collection (Ars Classica III, 16 June 1922), lot 190; found at Winchester, 1879. Reportedly also ex Poindessault (13 December 1971), lot 81.
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