6-1929

RIC VI, ROMA [after 338c], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [CONSULAR]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., in mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand, globe in l. hand.

REVERSE

SOLI[INV-I-CT]OCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l., chlamys over left shoulder and flying, r. raised, l. holding up globe. RP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Bust type not attested for the whole Group V (pp. 385-392). Note that SOLI INVICTO COMITI rev. type is overstruck on S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI rev. (still visible traces of ...CIPI and lower part of r. vexillum). Coin should be listed after ROMA 338c.

NOTES

Weight 3.38 g; diameter 25.5 mm. Coin sold on Nomos Obolos webauction 10 (lot 485) in June 2018 for CHF 460.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski