RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 258], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., spear (rarely sceptre) over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H].
REVERSE	MARTICON-SERVATORI [MARTI CONSERVATORI]; Mars stg. r., r. leaning on reversed spear, l. supporting shield. Star in left field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H. Not attested for obv. legend 1e (p. 139). Listed in Huvelin (no. 172-172b; different legends breaks). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 85, no. 3643-44, 3646; different legends breaks). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.10.014). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 258.

NOTES

Weight 4.19 g; diameter 22 mm. Note unusual high plumed crest. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 516 (lot 591) in May 2022 for USD 300. Other specimens: - sold on CNG auction 85 (lot 1210) in September 2010 for USD 310; plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 4.41 g; diameter 23 mm; high plumed crest; obv. legend break A-V [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics auction VII (lot 1283) in March 2014 for GBP 460; ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5147) in July 2023 for CHF 340; weight 5.28 g; diameter 23 mm; high plumed crest; obv. legend break A-V [click for picture]; - from CNG Coin Shop (no. 829151), sold for USD 365; weight 4.55 g; diameter 22 mm; rev. legend break O-N [click for picture]; - from the Rick Morton Collection; obv. legend break A-V; rev. legend break O-N [click for picture]; - sold on CGB E-auction 108 (lot 57350) in May 2015 for EUR 12; weight 4.43 g; diameter 21.5 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - from Aurea Numismatika; obv. legend break A-V [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXV, no. 3646); rev. legend break O-N [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXV, no. 3643); obv. legend unbroken; bust described as with "sceptre over r. shoulder" (cf. CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134) [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXV, no. 3644) [click for picture]; - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 126 (lot 2799) in October 2003 for EUR 110; from CNG Coin Shop (no. 151290), sold for USD 225; weight 3.99 g; diameter 23 mm; high plumed crest [click for picture]; - from CGB Monnaies 13 (lot 1160); weight 4.49 g; diameter 21.5 mm; rev. legend break O-N [click for picture]; - from: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales. Supplement", British Numismatic Journal 1909, p. 8 and plate IV, no. 6; high plumed crest; obv. legend break A-V [click for picture]; - from Ermsdorf hoard (FMRL I, no. 886; p. 255 and plate XIV) [click for picture].