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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 131A], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICON-SERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., cloak spread, r. holding Victory with wreath on globe, l. leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet to l. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Licinius [ALEXANDRIA 131 and 131A] (p. 681). Note that RIC VI ALEXANDRIA 131A (BM 1896,0608.95, 5.39 g) = RIC VII ALEXANDRIA 1. Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 131A.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.76 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica 24 (lot 274) in December 2002 for CHF 10,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 4 (lot 266) in December 2006 for CHF 14,000; sold on Hermitage Fine Art auction NUMISMATICS (lot 104) in November 2019 for EUR 20,000; sold on Gadoury Monaco 2021 (lot 162) in October 2021 for EUR 24,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski