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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #19
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                  Lot Number: 61207
                  Estimate: $300.00
                  Final Sale Price: $302.50
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                  Denomination: 15mm
                  Grade: VF black patina with red earthen highlights
                  Reference: RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034




  Hannibalianus. 335-337 AD. Æ 15 mm (1.62 gm). Constantinople mint. FL HANNIBALLIANO
  REGI, draped and cuirassed bust right / SE-CVRITAS PVB[LICE], Euphrates seated right
  on ground, leaning on sceptre with urn at his side and reed in background; CONSS. RIC
  VII 147; LRBC 1034. VF, black patina with red earthen highlights. Estimate $300.



  Flavius Hannibalianus was the nephew of Constantine I and the brother of the Caesar
  Delmatius. He was made king of Armenia by Constantine in 335 AD, probably because
  Constantine realized the necessity of an diplomatically and militarily capable leader
  in the East to counter-balance the disunity and incompetence he felt his sons would
  represent once he was dead. He was successful in defending Armenia against the
  Persians who had invaded in 336, but, along with his brother Delmatius, he perished
  in the purges of pontential rivals that were instigated by the sons of Constantine
  after their father's death.


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