6-684

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 190], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [Q]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG]; bust l., laur., cuir., holding eagle-tipped sceptre [Q].

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 - Q. Not attested for obv. legend 1h (p. 136). Note, however, that this bust could be also regarded as mantled. See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 65; not illustrated). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.057). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 190.

NOTES

Weight 4.31 g; diameter 24 mm. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 31 (lot 1389) in September 2024 for CHF 550.

Other specimens:

- sold on Roma Numismatics auction IV (lot 2844) in October 2012 for GBP 240; weight 5.30 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1988,0136.2); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 3.93 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski