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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 229], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [R]
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANT-INVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., in mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre [R].
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REVERSE
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PRINCIPII-VVENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. facing, head l., cloak hanging from l. shoulder, r. holding globe, l. reversed spear. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - R. Not attested for obv. legend 1g (p. 137). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.07.033; not illustrated). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 229.
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NOTES
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Weight 4.0 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on eBay in September 2013 for EUR 477.01 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier].
Other specimens:
- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1997,1207.1); obv. legend uncertain - could be CONSTANTINVS P AVG (note that in BM database obv. legend is given as "CONSTANTINVS P F AVG"; weight 3.723 g [click for picture].
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