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RIC VI, LONDINIUM 153, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

COMITI-AVGGNN [COMITI AVGG NN]; Sol stg. l., chlamys falling from l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. holding up globe, l. whip. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 153 except for Sol's chlamys falling from l. shoulder and hanging behind instead of falling from l. shoulder only. Listed in Cloke-Toone together with LONDINIUM 153 as a minor variant (7.03.006).

NOTES

Weight 4.84 g; diameter 22 mm. Sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 284 (lot 1041) in March 2022 for EUR 200; sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 101 (lot 1345) in October 2022 for GBP 300.

Other specimens:

- sold on Timeline Auctions 5 day sale of Antiquities & Coins (lot 8396) in September 2022 for GBP 25; weight 4.27 g [click for picture];

- sold on CNG auction for USD 42.90; weight 4.70 g [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Armin Scholz];

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by Noviomagus [click for picture];

- from William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 40 and plate II, no. 27; weight 4.14 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski