CNG:   135, Lot: 249. Estimate $2000. Sold for 4291.

  CONSTANTINE III. 407-411 AD. AV Solidus (20mm, 
  4.37 g). Lugdunum mint. Struck 407-408 AD. 
  Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / 
  Constantine standing right, holding standard and 
  Victory on globe, trampling on captive; L-D/ 
  COMOB. RIC X 1507; Depeyrot 20/3. 
Very rare.

  From the Marc Poncin Collection.

After the assassinations of the usurpers Marcus and 
Gratianus, Constantine III was proclaimed emperor by the 
legions in Britain and was recognized by Honorius, but not 
by Theodosius and Arcadius. Constantine III 
defeated the local barbarians and 
negotiated agreements with the Alamanni and Burgundians. 
But his attempt to enter Italy failed. He was attacked by 
his own general Gerontius and Honorius' troops and was 
killed in 411 AD. This AVGGGG.. solidus marks the time of 
four associate rulers, Constantine III, Honorius, Arcadius and Theodosius II.

From the CNG Online auction 135, closed Mar 15, 2006.

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