Lot 5707

Description

Constantius I, posthumous issue, issued under Constantine I, (A.D. 305-306), AE folles, issued 307-310, Rome mint, (6.508 grams), obv. veiled and laureate draped bust to right of Constantius I, around DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO PRINCIP, rev. REQVIES OPTIMOR MERIT, in exergue RQ, Constantius seated left, on curule chair, (S.3693, RIC 105 [R3], this a variant of obverse legend) (illustrated); commemorative issue, Antioch mint (1.91 grams), period of Constantine I, Constantinopolis type, Constantinople mint, obv. helmeted bust left, rev. Victory standing left, SMANT, (S.3890); Constantine II, (A.D. 337-340), AE follis, issued 330-335, Antioch mint, (3.00 grams), obv. laureate bust to right, cuirassed of Constantine, around CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, rev. two soldiers each with spear and one standard, around GLOR IA EXERC ITVS, in exergue SMAN**Q*, (S.3961, RIC 87); similar Constantius II, as Caesar (A.D. 337-361), Heraclea mint (2.17 grams), (S.3986, RIC 117 [R2]), Constantinople mint (1.94 grams), (RIC 74). Generally very fine, several scarce. (5)

Ex Henry Chitwood Collection with his packets.