6-3118

RIC VI, ROMA [after 95a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVSNOBCAES [CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur., with drapery on l. shoulder.

REVERSE

GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. T* in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for this emission (p. 360-361). Specimen similar to ROMA 95a (Naumann 129, lot 655, 10.51 g, 29 mm) except for bust with piece of drapery visible on l. shoulder. Coin should be listed after ROMA 95a.

See also:
ROMA [after 94a], DIOCLETIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 94b], MAXIMIAN HERCULIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 95a], CONSTANTIUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE
ROMA [after 95b], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED BUST TYPE

NOTES

Weight 10.15 g. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.2019).

Other specimens:

- sold on Bertolami Fine Art E-Auction 310 (lot 577) in September 2024 for EUR 95; weight 10.78 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture];

- sold on CNG eAuction 568 (lot 577) in August 2024 for USD 60; weight 9.99 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture];

- Rauceby Hoard; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 34 (lot 3559) in July 2025 for CHF 45; weight 10.25 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture];

- from the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 72596); weight 7.54 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture];

- from Agora Auctions numismatic auction 21 (lot 118), November 2014; weight 7.70 g; diameter 27.5 mm [click for picture];

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1954.18.49); weight 8.75 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture];

- sold on Kölner Münzkabinett E-auction 6 (lot 483) in January 2021 for EUR 40; weight 9.72 g [click for picture];

- sold on Katz e-auction 11 (lot 98) in February 2018 for EUR 11 [click for picture];


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski