6-2567

RIC VI, ROMA [before 339], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [C], OFFICINA S

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - C. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 389). But note that this specimen may be regarded as ROMA 340 (officina T not listed) with bust draped and cuirassed or even as ROMA 324 (see footnote 1 on p. 389).

See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, BUST TYPES SEEN FROM REAR. 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 also: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 388-390. Coin should be listed after ROMA 339.

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

NOTES

Weight 3.72 g; diameter 23 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5214) in July 2023 for CHF 120.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski