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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 221], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CC]
  
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OBVERSE
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C-ONSTANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., r. holding spear forward, shield on l. arm [CC].
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REVERSE
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PRINCIP-IIV-VE-NTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. facing, head l., in military dress, holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - CC. Not attested for obv. legend 1g (p. 137). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.06.017). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 221.
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NOTES
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Weight 3.86 g; diameter 23.5 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 525 (lot 1392) in October 2022 for USD 350.
Other specimens:
- from William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales. Supplement no. 2", British Numismatic Journal 1912, p. 83 and plate V, no. 2; weight 4.01 g [click for picture];
- plate coin from Cloke-Toone; weight 4.41 g; diameter 22.3 mm [click for picture].
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