Lot 3690

Description

Constans, (A.D. 337-350), AE centenionalis, issued 348-350, Aquileia mint, (3.834 grams), obv. laureate bust to left, draped and cuirassed with globe in hand, around DN CONSTA NS P F AVG, rev. soldier leading a figure from a hut beneath tree, around FEL TEMP REPARATIO, in exergue AQS., (S.3976, RIC 103); another Crispus, (317-326) as Caesar, Lugdunum mint, issued 323-4, (3.264 grams), obv. laureate bust, draped and cuirassed to left of Crispus, F L IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES around, rev. VOT X in wreath around CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, in exergue traces of .PLGC, (S.3917, RIC 216 [R2]). First with dark green patina, both extremely fine, last rare. (2)

Ex Chris Martin, London, July 27, 1984 for the first coin, second from B.A. Seaby, London, July 1, 1962 for the second coin.