6-1160

RIC VI, LONDINIUM 282, CONSTANTINE, ENGRAVER'S ERROR

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

SOLIINV-IC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys draped over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding up globe. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

ENGRAVER'S ERROR. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 282 except for absence of star in left field. Apparently an engraver's error or clogged die. See also LONDINIUM 281, CONSTANTINE, ENGRAVER'S ERROR, probably from the same rev. die.

NOTES

Weight 3.33 g; diameter 21 mm. Coin from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 20), May 2012 (incorrectly attributed as a new variety of LONDINIUM 114).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski