RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 100], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND OBVERSE LEGEND [1¼ solidi]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTANTINVSAVG [D N CONSTANTINVS AVG] [1c]; head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards [E4].
REVERSE	EQVISRO-MANVS [EQVIS ROMANVS]; Emperor mounted r., raising r. hand. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E4] AND OBVERSE LEGEND [1c]. RIC lists for this type only bust B4 and obv. legend 1a (p. 616; see example of NICOMEDIA 100; NAC 114, lot 878, 6.75 g). Weight close to aureus, but probably a multiple (medallion of 1¼ solidi) and should be listed after NICOMEDIA 100. See also: NICOMEDIA [after 100], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND OBVERSE LEGEND [1½ solidi]

NOTES

AV medallion of 1¼ solidi. Weight 5.29 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 145 (lot 148) in January 2009 for USD 16,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction II (lot 769) in October 2011 for GBP 8,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction VII (lot 1296) in March 2014 for GBP 11,000; sold on Roma Numismatics auction X (lot 877) in September 2015 for GBP 9,500. Other specimens: - sold on Nomos auction 13 (lot 288) in October 2016 for CHF 36,000; weight 5.26 g; diameter 26 mm; rev. legend unbroken [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 51 (lot 426) in March 2009 for CHF 30,000; ex Christie’s October 1984 (lot 158); Numismatik Lanz 40 (lot 860), 1987; Bank Leu 52 (lot 280), 1991; weight 5.25 g; rev. legend unbroken [click for picture]; - from: Miloje Vasić, Vladislav Popović, "Un trésor de monnaies d'or de Sirmium", Mélanges de l'école française de Rome. Antiquité 1975, no. 1, p. 431, no. 26; weight 5.23 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].