6-1815

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 100], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN]

  

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

VIRT[VSAV]GGETCAE-SSN-N [VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN]; prince, with shield on l. arm, galloping r. and spearing foeman std. between horizontal spear and shield. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Listed in Cloke-Toone (5.03.018; with CAES in rev. legend instead of CAESS). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 100.

NOTES

Weight 5.51 g; diameter 23.9-24.5 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From: Lord Stewartby, "Virtvs, a new London Type for Constantine Caesar (AD 307)", Numismatic Chronicle 1996, pp. 157-163 and plate 38, no. 1.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski