7-029

RIC VII, ANTIOCH [before 40], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [AOVENTVS AVGVSTI N]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

AOVENTVS-AVGVSTIN [AOVENTVS (sic!) AVGVSTI N]; Emperor mounted l., cloak flying, raising r. hand, holding spear in l. hand. SMAN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists this type only with m.m. SMAN*. See ANTIOCH 48 (Hirsch XXII, lot 153; cited in RIC). Note AOVENTVS in reverse legend, probably the only existing variant for this type. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 685.

Not listed in Depeyrot. Coin should be listed in RIC before ANTIOCH 40.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.49 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 61 (lot 2079) in September 2002; ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 63 (lot 1539) in May 2003; sold on CNG Triton VII (lot 1049) in January 2004 for USD 4,500; sold on CNG Triton XVI (lot 1157) in January 2013 for USD 22,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on CNG Triton I (lot 1695) in December 1997 for USD 3,000; sold on Rauch auction 90 (lot 924) in June 2012 for EUR 8,000; weight 4.42 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski