7-2012

RIC VII, TRIER [after 391], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H1 l. var.]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., helmeted, dr., cuir., spear across r. shoulder [H1 l. var.].

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. •PTR crescent in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H1 l. var. Not attested for obv. legend 1 (p. 199). Note that bust is cuirassed and draped. Listed in RMBT (p. 38, no. 156). Coin should be listed after TRIER 391.

NOTES

Weight 2.97 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18204449).

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in August 2016 for EUR 164; sold on VCoins (Victor's Imperial Coins) for USD 245; weight 2.02 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- from Via-Agrippa; weight 3.30 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski