6-952

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 258], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

MARTICON-SERVATORI [MARTI CONSERVATORI]; Mars stg. r., r. leaning on reversed spear, l. supporting shield. Star in left field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for Group IV (similar to bust type X from Group III, (iv), p. 134). Listed in Huvelin (no. 170). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 85, no. 3648). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.10.011). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 258.

NOTES

Weight 4.50 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on eBay in April 2011 for USD 83.87 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].

Other specimens:

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXV, no. 3648); plate coin in Cloke-Toone [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski