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RIC VI, ROMA [after 339], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E], OFFICINA S

  

OBVERSE

IMPCCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir [E].

REVERSE

SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder, r. raised, l. holding globe across body. RS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. RIC lists bust types D and F (p. 389). General note from p. 348-9: "[Also common] was Soli Invicto Comiti, in different versions, of which three are primary and often very common: produced from all four officinae [...] The whole issue, in which the four officinae seem to be fairly evenly used throughout, falls late in 312 and early 313". See: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 388-390. Coin should be listed after ROMA 339.

See also:
ROMA [after 339], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA T

NOTES

Weight 4.52 g; diameter 23 mm. Coin sold on eBay in June 2007 for USD 24.95. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5213) in July 2023 for CHF 170.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in December 2008 for USD 75.76; weight 3.34 g; diameter 22 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski