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RIC VII, LYONS [before 258], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg. facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them two standards. Wreath PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for CONSTANTIUS II [rarity R5] (p. 139). Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (p. 180, no. 240). Should be listed in RIC before LYONS 258.

NOTES

Weight 2.51 g; diameter 16 mm. Sold on CGB E-auction 369 (lot 281840) in May 2020 for EUR 25.

Other specimens:

- from Adrian Marsden's collection [click for picture];

- from: Vincent Drost, "The Seaton Down hoard (UK, Devon): c. 22,900 Constantinian nummi", XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015. Proceedings, ed. Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Roma - Messina 2017, p. 739, fig. 6 [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate XVII, no. 240); weight 2.57 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski