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RIC VI, LONDINIUM [after 49], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [...PI FE...]

   

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTIVSPIFEAVG [IMP CONSTANTIVS PI FE AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-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. RIC lists only longer variant 1c: ...PI FEL AVG (p. 126). Listed in Cloke-Toone (4.02.006). Should be listed in RIC after LONDINIUM 49.

NOTES

Weight 11.52 g; diameter 25.5 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 580 (lot 637) in February 2025 for USD 475.

Other specimens:

- from Falmouth Hoard (p. 7 and plate 1, no. 14); weight 9.64 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2022,4018.40); Rauceby Hoard; weight 9.46 g; diameter 29 mm; attribution not impossible but uncertain, given after BM description [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski