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RIC VI, LONDINIUM 89b, CONSTANTINE, BUST TYPE VARIETY

   

OBVERSE

FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr.

REVERSE

GENIO-POPROM [GENIO POP ROM]; Genius stg. l., head towered, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDINIUM 89b except for bust draped only instead of draped and cuirassed. Listed in Cloke-Toone (5.01.009) together with LONDINIUM 89b as a minor variety.

Note also that Cloke-Toone merges LONDINIUM 83-85 and 86-90 (5.01.001-5.01.009) and Genius on rev. is described as with "modius or towered crown on head" (p. 136, 138).

NOTES

Weight 8.34 g. From Bridgend Hoard (p. 190, 210 and plate 34, no. 70/1).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski