RIC VI, LONDINIUM 239, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY

OBVERSE	C-ONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., helm., dr. (?), cuir., r. holding spear forward, shield on l. arm.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys draped over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. Star in right field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes Sol's chlamys as "draped over l. shoulder", not draped and hanging behind. See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 137. Note also that LONDINIUM 238 with bust AA (helmet without laurel wreath) is in fact misattributed LONDINIUM 239 (see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 137). Listed in Huvelin (no. 151). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.08.008). Huvelin and Cloke-Toone describe bust as cuirassed and draped, but the drapery could be in fact balteus, shoulder belt used to suspend sword or to support shield.

NOTES

Weight 4.90 g; diameter 24 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From CNG Coin Shop (no. 734542), sold for USD 195. Other specimens: - from eBay, February 2018; weight 4.01 g; diameter 22.71 mm [click for picture]. - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1927,0616.195); weight 4.438 g [click for picture].