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RIC VI, LONDINIUM 240, CONSTANTINE, REVERSE VARIETY
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSAV-G [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., helm., cuir., spear over r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
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REVERSE
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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.
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NOT IN RIC
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REVERSE VARIETY. RIC describes Sol's chlamys as "draped over l. shoulder", not draped and hanging behind. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 137. Listed in Huvelin (no. 153). Listed in Cloke-Toone (7.08.010). Probably only this variety exists, so this could be regarded as correction.
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NOTES
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Weight 4.55 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 63 (lot 992) in November 2019 for GBP 380.
Other specimens:
- from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 66758); shown in Huvelin (plate 13, no. 153); plate coin in Cloke-Toone; weight 3.66 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture].
- sold on Dix Noonan Webb uaction 131 (lot 20) in June 2015 for GBP 460; weight 4.12 g [click for picture];
- sold on CNG eAuction 580 (lot 691) in February 2025 for USD 600; weight 4.18 g; diameter 22.5 mm [click for picture].
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