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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 155], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [F]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., helm., cuir. [F].

REVERSE

COMITI-AVGGNN [COMITI AVGG NN]; Sol stg. l., chlamys falling from l. shoulder, r. holding up globe, l. whip. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - F. Not attested for obv. legend 1d (p. 135). Listed in Huvelin (no. 30). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 83, no. 3197). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.017). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 155.

NOTES

Weight 4.44 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.10).

Other specimens:

- sold on Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 176 (lot 567) in May 2016 for EUR 330; sold on Hirsch auction 383 (lot 2709) in September 2023 for EUR 140; weight 4.54 g; diameter 21.5-22.5 mm [click for picture];

- ex Mike R. Vosper Coins, sold for GBP 225; sold on CNG eAuction 574 (lot 613) in November 2024 for USD 160; weight 4.71 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Pars Coins auction 17 (lot 234) in July 2021 dor USD 90; weight 4.12 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- Sully Hoard II (A); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/880); weight 4.19 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture];

- from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 40), May 2012; weight 4.15 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in September 2013 for USD 487.71; weight 4.60 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- sold on CNG eAuction 526 (lot 680) in November 2022 for USD 100; weight 3.78 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in April 2020 for GBP 49.50; sold on eBay in January 2022 for GBP 72; weight 4.40 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture];

- from Huvelin (plate 7, no. 30); Boursies hoard, no. 327 [click for picture];

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXI, no. 3197) [click for picture];

- from Berk Buy or Bid Sale 96 (lot 801), June 1997; weight 4.12 g [click for picture];

- from William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 41 and plate II, no. 30; weight 4.45 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski