RIC VI, LUGDUNUM [before 312], CONSTANTINE, UNLITSED REVERSE TYPE

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol advancing l., chlamys flying, r. raised, l. holding globe. F in left field, T in right field. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLITSED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists for this issue only type with Sol stg. (cf. LUGDUNUM 310) and type with Sol advancing l. but holding whip instead of globe (LUGDUNUM 312). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 81, no. 1985). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 247, no. 529). Should be listed in RIC before LUGDUNUM 312. See also: LUGDUNUM [before 312], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE AND DIE CRACK

NOTES

Weight 4.35 g; diameter 23.5 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 386) in October 2006 for EUR 195. Other specimens: - sold on CNG e-Auction 227 (lot 528) in February 2010 for USD 68; weight 4.50 g; diameter 23 mm; reverse legend break I-C [click for picture]; - sold on CNG e-Auction 261 (lot 311) in August 2011 for USD 50; weight 4.11 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Aureo & Calicó auction 435 (lot 145) in July 2024 for EUR 85; now in Constantine Venetis' collection; weight 3.88 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from the Nicola Tammaro Collection; weight 4.31 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in March 2014 for GBP 46.09 [lot of 6 coins] [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk]; - from eBay, February 2015 [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2016 for USD 25; weight 3.72 g; diameter 23-24 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2017 for EUR 22; weight 4.70 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in May 2007 for USD 18.42; now in Martin Griffiths' collection; weight 3.58 g; diameter 23 mm [click for picture]; - from Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XX, no. 1985) [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LX, no. 529a); weight 3.83 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LX, no. 529b); weight 4.19 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LX, no. 529c); weight 4.00 g [click for picture].