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RIC VI, ALEXANDRIA [after 131A], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

IOVICON-SERVATORI [IOVI CONSERVATORI]; Jupiter stg. facing, head l., cloak spread, r. holding Victory with wreath on globe, l. leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet to l. ALE in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Licinius (p. 681; ALEXANDRIA 131 and 131A). Note that RIC VI ALEXANDRIA 131A (BM 1896,0608.95, 5.39 g) = RIC VII ALEXANDRIA 1. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 150, no. 13/1). Coin should be listed after ALEXANDRIA 131A.

NOTES

Aureus. Weight 5.76 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica 24 (lot 274) in December 2002 for CHF 10,000; sold on Numismatica Genevensis auction 4 (lot 266) in December 2006 for CHF 14,000; sold on Hermitage Fine Art auction NUMISMATICS (lot 104) in November 2019 for EUR 20,000; sold on Gadoury Monaco 2021 (lot 162) in October 2021 for EUR 24,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski