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466
Maximianus. Gold Aureus (4.97 g), second reign, AD 307-308. Rome, AD 307. MAXIMIA-NVS P F
AVG, laureate head of Maximianus right. Rev. CONCORD MILIT FELIC ROMANOR, Concordia,
veiled, standing right, holding scepter, clasping hands with Hercules standing left, leaning on club; PR.
RIC 176 (this coin cited); Depeyrot 14/1 (this coin cited); Calicó 4608 (this coin).
Extremely Rare.
Faint file
marks on edge. About Extremely Fine.
$4,000
Ex Maison Palombo 10 (27 November 2011), 39;
Ex Hess-Leu (4 April 1963), 247.
Rare Gazing to Heaven Constantine I Gold Solidus
467
Constantine I. Gold Solidus (4.49 g), AD 307/10-337. Nicomedia, AD 324/5. Diademed head of Con-
stantine I right, gazing upward. Rev. CONSTANTINVS AVG, Victory seated left, holding small Victory
and cornucopie; behind seated, shield set on ground; SMN. RIC 70; Depeyrot 34/1
. Rare.
NGC grade Ch
AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
$10,000
From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection
Ex 51 Gallery (2 December 2013), 233;
Ex Leu 7 (9 May 1973), 437.
The obverse portrait of Constantine can also be seen to reflect the epoch-making events of AD 317. Thanks to his victories,
Constantine no longer had to share imperial power with anyone, but could rule unfettered in his own right. To advertise this
development, the emperor appears differently than usual. He is now depicted with an elevated gaze and wearing a plain diadem,
rather than the usual pearl diadem or laurel wreath that he wore at other times in his imperial career. Both the gaze and the
plain diadem are intended to cast him as a latter-day Alexander the Great, who wore a plan diadem and was known for tilting
his head.