LOT 3208
Hanniballianus, Rex Regum AE 16mm. AD 335-337.
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 336-337. 6th officina. FL HANIBALLIANO REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CONSS in exergue. RIC VII 147; LRBC 1034. Near Very Fine. Rare.(1.28gr, 16mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesFlavius Claudius Hanniballianus was a nephew of Constantine I the Great, and brother of Delmatius. He was called Nobilissimus by his uncle, who appointed him prefect of Cappadocia and Armenia, which provinces he governed with the title of King, AD 335 until he was killed by soldiers of Constantius II, AD 337.
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