Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1247. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. 
Estimate $300 Sold For $600 

CONSTANTINE I. 307-337 AD. Æ Follis (2.35 gm, 6h). 
Constantinople mint. Struck 326-327 AD. 
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head right / D N 
CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XXX, in laurel wreath; 
A/CONS. RIC VII -; Hunter -; Cohen -; LRBC -. Near 
EF, dark green patina. Unpublished reverse type 
for Constantinople mint. Unique. ($300)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex 
Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 December 1995), 
lot 989.
(Note, the image on wildwinds shows
that there are traces of a star after the CONS, thus
making the mintmark correctly centered, which, without
the star it would not be.) 
The reverse type with VOT XXX is not a new type, 
as it was struck at Rome, Heraclea, and Ticinum in 
conjunction with Constantine's vicenallia 
celebrations in 325-326 AD. Its place in the 
coinage of Constantinople is determined by the 
laureate head, the absence of MAX in the obverse 
legend, and the A/CONS star mintmark, and firmly place 
this coin as one of the first types struck after 
the opening of the mint in 326 AD.

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