Lot 4508

Description

Constantine I, (A.D. 307-337), AE follis, issued 322-3, Trier Mint, (2.69 g), obv. laureate bust to right of Constantine wearing consular robes and holding eagle tipped sceptre, around CONSTAN TINVS AVG, rev. altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX surmounted by globe with three stars above, around BEATA TRA[N] QVILLITAS, .PTR. in exergue, (S.16177, RIC 368, C.20); Urbs Roma type, Commemorative series, Constantine I, issued A.D.332-333), AE follis (reduced centenionalis] Trier Mint, (2.81 g), obv. helmeted bust draped of Roma to left, around VRBS ROMA, rev. she wolf suckling twins [Romulus and Remus], two stars above, TRP* in exergue, (S.16487, RIC 542, C.17). Toned, nearly extremely fine - extremely fine, first coin very scarce. (2)