RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 240], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST A

OBVERSE	FLVALCONSTANTINVSNOBC [FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	MARTIPATRICONSERVATORI [MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI]; Mars stg. r., naked, helmeted, r. leaning on reversed spear, l. on shield. N in left field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC lists this type for Constantine as Augustus (p. 260). Note that RIC describes Mars as "in military dress", but actually Mars is naked and helmeted. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 232, no. 450). Should be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 240. See also: LUGDUNUM [before 240], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND, BUST C

NOTES

Weight 6.25 g; diameter 26 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 26822). Shown in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate L, no. 450a). Other specimens: - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate L, no. 450b); weight 6.56 g [click for picture].