RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 265], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [BAND]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., helmet with band, cuir.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIV-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. facing, head r., in military dress, cloak hanging behind, r. holding transverse spear, l. globe. Star in left field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for Group IV (similar to bust type F from Group III, (iv), p. 134). Note, however, jeweled band as a helmet decoration instead of laurel wreath. Listed in Huvelin (no. 180). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.11.005). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 265. See also: LONDINIUM [after 155], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE F [VARIETY WITH BAND] LONDINIUM 177, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND] LONDINIUM 187, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND] LONDINIUM 203, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [BAND] LONDINIUM [after 258], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H] [VARIETY WITH BAND]

NOTES

Weight 4.67 g; diameter 21 mm. Sully Hoard II (B). From the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/3361). Other specimens: - from Huvelin (plate 14, no. 180); Boursies hoard, no. 326; plate coin in Cloke-Toone [click for picture].