6-2899

RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 30], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE [A] [IRREGULAR COIN]

   

OBVERSE

FLVCONSTANTIVSNOBLC [FL V (sic!)CONSTANTIVS NOBL (sic!) C]; head r., laur.,

REVERSE

G[ENIO]POPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested for this issue (p. 125). Probably failed copy of obv. legend 3a: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C. Note also that bust type A is also not attested for official coinage at that time. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 10.87 g; diameter 28 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 115 (lot 1074) in December 2023 for GBP 300.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski