Roman Empire, Constans (337-350), Decennalia Issue, AV Solidus, struck AD 347-348, Treveri, CONSTANS AVGVSTVS, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, the ties splayed, rev. VICTORIAE D D N N AVGG, two victories stood facing, holding shield inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XX across four lines, TR in exergue, all within wreathed border, 4.41g [68.1grns], 6h (Cohen 171; RIC VIII, 135; Biaggi 2123; Depeyrot 6/3; Philadelphia Mint Cabinet Collection [1912/14], no. 736; Gnecchi [1912], pp. 28, no. 19; Boyne [1896], 949; E Bizot, Sotheby, 19 November 1902, lot 370a = Schlesinger Y Guzman, Sotheby, 20 July 1914, lot 188 = A H Nachfolger Auction, 18 December 1933, lot 1032; Theodor Prowe, Brüder Egger, 28 November 1904, lot 2813; Astronomer [McClean, 1906], 142; OHagan [1908], 780-781; J G Sandeman, Sotheby, 13-17 June 1911, lot 634; SNC November-December 1917, no. 56878 - FDC - £4.10.0; J S Jenks, Chapman, 7 December 1921, lot 522; Marchese Roberto Venturi-Ginori, 24 January 1938, lot 923-924; Glendining, 14 March 1939, lot 119; Glendining, 28 February 1940, lot 171), perfectly centred and sharply struck up with broad and pronounced rims seldom encountered on these latterly clipped types, good extremely fine and much as issued, a very rare type with a fine pedigree
