RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 177], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CC]

OBVERSE	C-ONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., r. holding spear forward, shield on l. arm [CC].
REVERSE	COMITI-AVGGNN [COMITI AVGG NN]; Sol stg. l., chlamys falling from l. shoulder, r. holding up globe, l. whip. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - CC. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 135-136). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 52). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.038). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 177. See also: LONDINIUM [after 177], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CC] AND REVERSE VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 4.911 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.130). Other specimens: - sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 113 (lot 796) in February 2022 for EUR 110 (Sol with chlamys hanging behind?); weight 4.11 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Thesaurus "Sirius" auction in December 2009 for EUR 150; weight 3.90 g [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 8, no. 52) [click for picture]; - from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 49), May 2012; weight 3.99 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 50), May 2012; listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.039) as a separate type with bust cuirassed and draped (however, alleged drapery could be regarded as balteus, shoulder belt used to suspend sword or to support shield); weight 4.20 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].