RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 263, CONSTANTINE, [CORRECTION]

OBVERSE	IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear.
REVERSE	MARTIPAT-RSEMPVICTORI [MARTI PATR SEMP VICTORI]; Mars, naked, stg. r., head l., r. holding reversed spear, l. trophy over shoulder. PLC in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. RIC describes Mars as "advancing r.", but this rev. is clearly different from the rev. of LUGDUNUM 260 on which Mars is also described as advancing r. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 241, no. 502) with similar description: "Mars marchant". Note also that RIC describes bust (type B) as "r., laur., dr., seen from rear", but according to Bastien's typology, bust seen from rear (A*2) is always draped and cuirassed. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. See also: LUGDUNUM [after 263], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [C]

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From Ancients.info; posted by rol69. Other specimens: - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXVI, no. 502d); weight 5.63 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXVI, no. 502c); weight 5.91 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXVI, no. 502a); weight 7.26 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXVI, no. 502b); weight 6.49 g [click for picture].