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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 283], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not listed for Group IV (p. 138). Note that the description of reverse in RIC mixes two issues: earlier with Sol stg. r with chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind and later with Sol stg. l. with chlamys draped over l. shoulder only. See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 140. Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 95, no. 1560). Listed in Cloke-Toone (8.01.011). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 283.

NOTES

Weight 2.74 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,1005.44).

Other specimens:

- Sully Hoard II (B); from the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales (no. 2009.24H/3480); weight 3.12 g; diameter 19-20 mm; rev. legend breaks V-I-C [click for picture];

- sold on Allegro in January 2011 for PLN 214.50; weight 2.89 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Zenon M.];

- from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXIX, no. 1560); rev. legend break C-T [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski