RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 141], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [DD]

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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 241], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [DD]

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSA-VG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., rad., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [DD].

REVERSE

ADVEN-TVSAVG [ADVENTVS AVG]; prince riding l., r. raised, l. holding up spear, on horse pawing seated captive to l. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - DD. Not attested for obv. legend 1g (p. 134). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 13). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 82, no. 3069). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.01.018). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 141.

NOTES

Weight 4.20 g; diameter 24 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Sold on eBay in March 2012 for USD 322.59. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection.
Other specimens:
- from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 33), May 2012; weight 4.54 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];
- sold on Maison Pruvost Numismatique Live Auction 5 (lot 137) in October 2023 for EUR 280; weight 3.69 g; diameter 22 mm; obv. legend break V-G; rev. legend break E-N [click for picture];
- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXI, no. 3069) [click for picture];
- from Huvelin (plate 6, no. 13); Boursies hoard, no. 342; weight 4.44 g [click for picture].