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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 196], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [L]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir. [L].

REVERSE

CONCOR-DMILIT [CONCORD MILIT]; Concordia stg. slightly l., holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - L. Not attested for obv. legend 1d (p. 136). Listed in Huvelin (no. 77; not illustrated). Listed in Bastien-Huvelin (p. 96, no. 1196). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.04.006). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 196.

NOTES

Weight 4.24 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.19).

Other specimens:

- sold on Spink auction 15007 (lot 664) in December 2015 for GBP 200; sold on CNG auction 120 (lot 940) in May 2022 for USD 700; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; ex Lee Toone; weight 4.16 g; diameter 23.1-23.2 mm [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.1213); weight 3.85 g; diameter 22 mm; shown in Bastien-Huvelin (plate XVII, no. 1196) [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2010 for USD 122.23; weight 4.8 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski