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REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN EMPIRE. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-30. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion Multiple” (42.5mm, 28.91 g, 12h). After an original electrotype of a now-lost Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 297 medal from the Arras Hoard, discovered in 1922 andCNG Feature Auction 129 Electrotypes & Reproductions, Gold Estimate: $ 750 |
REPRODUCTIONS, ROMAN EMPIRE. Constantius I. As Caesar, AD 293-30. Gilt Cast “AV Medallion Multiple” (42.5mm, 28.91 g, 12h). After an original electrotype of a now-lost Treveri (Trier) mint issue of AD 297 medal from the Arras Hoard, discovered in 1922 and made by Étienne Bourgey in Paris, circa 1929. FL VAL CONSTA NTIVS NOBIL CAES, laurete, draped, and cuirassed bust right / R EDDITOR LVCIS AETERNA E, Constantius on horseback right, holding spear, approaching London kneeling in supplication before city gate, LON below; below, galley sailing right on Thames; PTR. Edge: 7. R DROUOT E. BOURGEY PARIS 101. Cf. RIC VI 34 = Beaurains 218 = Kent-Hirmer pl. 152, 585 = Toynbee pl. 8, 4 (for original). Gilding toned and worn in spots, hairlines, a couple of cleaning marks. Good VF. Important historical type. |