RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 283], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND
OBVERSE
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IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
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REVERSE
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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.
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NOT IN RIC
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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.
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NOTES
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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].
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