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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 237], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [V]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., in mantle, holding globe surmounted by Victory [V].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys draped over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding up globe. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - V. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 137). Note that bust type V is described in RIC in error as cuirassed; see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 149). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 84, no. 3606). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.08.009). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 237.

NOTES

Weight 4.02 g. Coin sold on CNG Triton X (lot 779) in January 2007 for USD 1,350. Shown in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXIV, no. 3606).

Other specimens:

- from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 71), May 2012; sold on Spink auction 15007 (lot 668) in December 2015 for GBP 1,400; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; ex Lee Toone; weight 4.23 g; diameter 22.4-23.4 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski