Constantine II, as Caesar, 316-337. Follis (Bronze, 18 mm, 1.81 g, 6 h), Antiochia, July 326. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine II to left. Rev. CONSTAN/TINVS / AVG / SMANTΓ in four lines; above, laurel wreath; below, pellet. RIC -. An unpublished and unique hybrid issue. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.


This unique coin combines an obverse bust of Constantine Caesar with a reverse for Constantine Augustus. The obverse is a die match to the Constantine Caesar offered in Savoca's 13th Blue Auction (2018), 2106, and the reverse is die matched with the Constantine I example offered by Savoca London, Monthly Auction 5 (2020), 871. This is the only hybrid in the 1357 dynastic bronzes presently known from Antioch.