6-1870

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [before 285], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAV-G [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H].

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H. Not attested for obv. legend 1d (p. 140). Note that reverse of this issue is incorrectly described in RIC (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 140). Listed in Cloke-Toone Supplement 1 (7.14.003.5). Should be listed in RIC before LONDINIUM 285.

NOTES

Weight 4.54 g. From: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 45 and plate II, no. 42.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski