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Medallion (1 1/2 solidi) with head of Constantine I
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 327
Mint: Macedonia, Thessalonica
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 6.80 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1996.107
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Head of Constantine I, right, wearing pearl diadem.
Reverse: Constantine moving right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, trophy over left shoulder, transverse spear in right hand. To left and right at his feet, seated captive looking back at him.
GLORIACONS TANTINIAVG in exergue: SMTS
Reverse: Constantine moving right, laureate, draped, and cuirassed, trophy over left shoulder, transverse spear in right hand. To left and right at his feet, seated captive looking back at him.
GLORIACONS TANTINIAVG in exergue: SMTS
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Leu Numismatik AG, In Gassen 20, Zurich, Switzerland (Leu auction 65, Hotel Savoy-Baur en Ville, May 21-22, 1996, lot 483); purchased at the Leu auction on behalf of MFA by Leu Numismatik AG; June 26, 1996: purchased by MFA from Leu Numismatik AG