RIC VI, LONDINIUM 191, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [Y var.]

OBVERSE	C-ONSTA-NTINVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., r. holding spear forward, shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	COMITI-AVGGNN [COMITI AVGG NN]; Sol stg. l., chlamys falling from l. shoulder, r. holding up globe, l. whip. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 191 (BM, B.101, 4.41 g) but bust could be regarded as cuirassed and draped. Not attested for obv. legend 1h (p. 136). For this bust type see also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 134. Listed in Huvelin (no. 66-66a) with bust described as "lauré, drapé, cuirassé". Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 83, no. 3249) with bust also described as "lauré, drapé, cuirassé". Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.03.058) as a separate variant with bust cuirassed and draped.

NOTES

Weight 4.55 g; diameter 21.5 mm. Chitry Hoard (no. 143). Sold om CGB Live auction in June 2017 (brm_432281) for EUR 280. Other specimens: - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1977,0302.6); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 4.31 g [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XXII, no. 3249); obv. legend breaks O-N and A-N [click for picture].