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Medallion (1/60 libra) with bust of Constantine I
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 319–321
Mint: Treveri
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21.5 mm. Weight: 5.17 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1971.210
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
CONSTAN TINVSPFAVG
Reverse: Alamannia seated left, right hand supporting head. At right, trophy.
GAVDIVMROMANORVM in exergue: ALAMANNIA
CONSTAN TINVSPFAVG
Reverse: Alamannia seated left, right hand supporting head. At right, trophy.
GAVDIVMROMANORVM in exergue: ALAMANNIA
ProvenanceBy 1949: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Freiestrasse 103, Basel, Switzerland (Münzen und Medaillen auction 8, Gelben Saal des Stadtcasinos, Barfüsserplatz, Basel, December 8-10, 1949, lot 967); by date unknown: Walter Niggeler Collection; by 1967: with Bank Leu & Co. AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland (auction of the Walter Niggeler Collection, Malzgasse 25, Basel, November 2-3, 1967, lot 1506); purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG., May 12, 1971