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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 208], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1h], BUST TYPE Y

  

OBVERSE

CO-NSTAN-TINVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG] [1h]; bust l., laur., cuir., r. holding spear forward, shield on l. arm [Y].

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1h] AND BUST TYPE - Y. RIC does not list for this reverse type either obv. legend 1h or bust type Y (p. 136). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 97; not illustrated). Note also head of Sol on shield. Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.04.036). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 208.

NOTES

Weight 3.95 g; diameter 23 mm. Sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 148 (lot 898) in January 2025 for EUR 2,600.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1988,0136.3); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 4.15 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski