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). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.10.014). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 258.

NOTES

From Dirty Old Coins. Note unusual high plumed crest. Other specimens: - 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 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]; - from CGB Monnaies 13 (lot 1160); weight 4.49 g; diameter 21.5 mm; 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]; - 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]; - from Aurea Numismatika; obv. legend break A-V [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 14, no. 172); Sarzeau hoard, no. 3643; obv. legend unbroken; bust described as with "sceptre over r. shoulder" (cf. CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134) [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 14, no. 172a); Sarzeau hoard, no. 3644; note that it is uncertain whether the helmet is laureate [click for picture]; - from Huvelin (plate 14, no. 172b); Sarzeau hoard, no. 3646; rev. legend break O-N [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics auction 7 (lot 1283) in March 2014 for GBP 460; weight 5.30 g; diameter 23 mm; 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]; - 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];