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RIC VI, LONDINIUM 203, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY [CREST]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPA-VG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm. with high crest, cuir., spear over l. shoulder, shield on l. arm.

REVERSE

CONCOR-DMILIT [CONCORD MILIT]; Concordia stg. slightly l., holding standard in each hand. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 203 (from the British Museum Collection; reg. no. 1927,0616.138) except for high plumed crest. Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variety together with LONDINIUM 203 (7.04.024).

NOTES

Weight 4.74 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.123).

Other specimens:

- from: William Sharp Ogden, "A find of Roman bronze coins on the Little Orme's Head, North Wales", British Numismatic Journal 1906, p. 38 and plate I, no. 22; weight 4.73 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski