60 / 128
58
232.
AE 3, Reduced Follis, 3.12g (10h). Trier, 323-4 AD.
Obv: CONSTAN - TINVS AVG Head laureate right.
Rx: SARMATIA - DEVICTA Victory advancing
right holding trophy and palm and pressing left leg
against seated captive, PTR and crescent in exergue.
RIC 435, officina P=1. Cohen 487 (C). Mint State
$100
233.
Vetranio.
350 AD. Centenionalis, 4.91g (12h).
Siscia. Obv: D N VETRA - NIO P F AVG Bust
laureate, draped, cuirassed right, seen from front;
A behind neck. Rx: HOC SIG - NO VICTOR ERIS
Emperor standing left holding standard topped by
Chi Rho banner and transverse spear, crowned by
Victory standing behind him who also holds palm
branch; [.]ASIS* in exergue, A in left field. RIC 283
(S). Cohen 4 (25 Fr.). Mint State
$400
234.
Vetranio legend, portrait erroneously
Constantius II.
350 AD. Centenionalis, 4.66g (5h).
Siscia. Obv: D N VETRA - ΝIO P F AVG Bust of
Constantius II right, unbearded, pearl-diademed,
draped, cuirassed, seen from front; star before por-
trait, A behind. Rx: CONCORDI[A] - MILITVM
Emperor standing left, with star above his head,
holding two standards topped by Chi Rho banners,
.ΔSIS. in exergue, A in left field. Cf. RIC 285 and
Cohen 1. Mint State
$500
By mistake, the legend of Vetranio was here
engraved around a portrait of Constantius II: this
unbearded and pearl-diademed portrait cannot
depict Vetranio, who was otherwise always bearded
and laureate in this issue
.
235.
Valentinian II.
375-392 AD. Solidus, 4.46g (1h).
Trier, 389-391 AD. Obv: D N VALENTINI - ANVS
P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust
right, seen from front. Rx: VICTOR - IAAVGG
Two nimbate emperors seated facing, holding globe
between them, frontal half figure of Victory between
their heads, palm branch between their legs,
COM in exergue, T - R across field. RIC 90a (R).
Depeyrot 53/1 (p. 124, 131 spec.). EF/About EF
$1,000
Very Rare GLORIA REIPVB Type
236.
Theodosius I.
379-395 AD. Solidus, 4.43g (6h).
Thessalonica, 379 AD. Obv: D N THEODO - SIVS
P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust
right, seen from front. Rx: GLORIA - REIPVB
Gratian and Theodosius seated facing on throne,
together holding globe adorned with crossing
lines and dots, both crowned by a Victory hover-
ing behind the throne and holding two wreaths; in
exergue, TESOB. RIC 33b (R4, citing Gotha), pl.
X.3 (same dies). Depeyrot 33/2 (p. 222, 2 spec.), pl.
21 (same dies). Mint State
$1,500
Ex Triton XI, 8-9 January 2008, lot 1020
.
A very rare solidus type, known to Depeyrot in only
two specimens for Gratian and two for Theodosius
I. After this small initial issue, the legend of the type
was changed from GLORIA REIPVB to VICTORIA
AVGG, and Victory was shown merely hovering
between the two emperors, no longer extending both
of her arms to place wreaths on their heads
.