6-2304

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 260], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND

  

OBVERSE

IMPCFVCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C F V CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.

REVERSE

MARTIPATRIPROPVGNATORI [MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI]; Mars, naked, advancing r., r. holding transverse spear, l. shield. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. Not attested in RIC VI. Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. But cf. legends IMP C(aesar) FL(avius) VAL(erius)... which were in use in Eastern mints. See: Vincent Drost, "Une titulature inédite pour Constantin Ier à Lyon en 308", BSFN 2006, no. 2, p. 31-34. Coin should be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 260.

NOTES

Weight 6.42 g. From Drost's paper cited above (p. 33, no. 1). See also Mont-Saint-Sulpice Hoard (p. 66, no. 820; plate 17, no. 820).

Other specimens:

- from Drost's paper cited above (p. 33, no. 2); see also Mont-Saint-Sulpice Hoard (p. 66, no. 821; plate 17, no. 821); weight 7.96 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski