RIC VI, LONDINIUM 203, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., helmet with band, cuir., spear over l. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	CONCO-R-DMILIT [CONCORD MILIT]; Concordia stg. slightly l., holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 203 (BM, reg. no. 1927,0616.138) except for decorated band on helmet instead of laurel wreath. Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variety together with LONDINIUM 203 (7.04.024). See also: LONDINIUM [after 155], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE F [VARIETY WITH BAND] LONDINIUM 177, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND] LONDINIUM 187, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND] LONDINIUM [after 258], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H] [VARIETY WITH BAND] LONDINIUM [after 265], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [BAND]

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Weight 5.12 g; diameter 20.6-22.4 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Sold on eBay in May 2013 for USD 333.74 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Offered on Spink auction 15006 (lot 89) in September 2015 (ex Lee Toone). Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIII (lot 1276) in March 2017 for GBP 110; weight 3.68 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].