Constantius I Chlorus caesar, 293 – 305. Aureus, Treviri 293-294, AV 4.90 g. CONSTA – NTIVS N C Laureate head r. IOVI CONS – ERVATORI Jupiter seated l. on throne, holding sceptre and thunderbolt; at his feet, eagle with wreath. In exergue, PT. C 156. RIC 19. Biaggi 1834 (this coin). Depeyrot 1A/4. Calico 4847 (this coin).
Rare. A very unusual portrait, several minor marks and slightly
bent, otherwise about extremely fine
This coin published:
D.A. Longuet, Collection du Vicomte de Sartiges. Séries grecque et romaine, en 1910, ainsi que les acquisitions depuis cette date, [Paris c. 1910], no. 412; Biaggi cat. n. 1834.
Provenance
Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979) Collection, bought by Bank Leu and Marco Ratto in 1978.
Sold by Rollin & Feuardent 1887 (Ponton d'Amécourt), 634.
Viscount Louis de Sartiges (1859-1924) Collection sold by Ars Classica, Lucien Naville expert, auction XVIII ("Un diplomate étranger"), Lucerne, 10 October 1938, lot 493.
Sold by Busso Peus Nachf., Frankfurt a/M, auction 357 (Spezialsammlung römischer Münzen aus Trier), 28-30 October 1998, lot 863.
Sold by G. Hirsch Nachf., Munich, auction 279 (Die Generationensammlung), 8 February 2012, lot 2765.
Price realized | 5'500 CHF |
Starting price | 4'800 CHF |
Estimate | 6'000 CHF |