59, Lot: 182. CONSTANTIUS II. 337-361 AD. Æ 23mm 
   (23mm, 4.67 gm). Siscia mint. Struck circa 351 
   AD. Estimate $100. Sold For $70 

   CONSTANTIUS II. 337-361 AD. Æ 23mm (23mm, 4.67 
   gm). Siscia mint. Struck circa 351 AD. Diademed, 
   draped and cuirassed bust right, A behind / 
   Emperor standing left holding labarum with 
   Chi-Rho and transverse sceptre, being crowned by 
   Victory standing behind and holding palm; 
   III/ASIS». RIC VIII 301; LRBC 1190. Near VF, 
   dark green patina.
   Because of the instability the revolts of 
   Magnentius and Decentius created, Constantius II 
   was compelled to accept first "legalized" 
   usurpers, such as Nepotian and Vetranio; next, 
   he appointed his cousin Gallus as Caesar. 
   According to the historian Ammianus Marcellinus, 
   Gallus' own character flaws as well as 
   Constantius' own suspicious nature, inflamed by 
   the palace eunuchs, soon led the emperor to have 
   Gallus "removed" as well.