6-1201

RIC VI, TICINUM [after 132], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from rear [E].

REVERSE

SOLIINVI-C-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., head l., chlamys over l. shoulder and hanging behind, r. raised, l. holding up globe. PT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 298). General note from p. 278: "The rest of aes is devoted to four varieties of Soli Invicto Comiti, with coins ranging from rare to common. Constantine claims seven varieties in all, Maximinus four, and Licinius two". Coin should be listed after TICINUM 132.

NOTES

Weight 3.88 g; diameter 22 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 73 (lot 973) in July 2020 for GBP 24.

Other specimens:

- from Steve Santore's collection [click for picture];

- from: Huvelin, H., Brenot, C., Callu, J.P., "Trouvaille constantinienne au cabinet des médailles de Lausanne", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau 1978, no. 57, p. 204, no. 635 and picture 635 on plate 58; weight 3.71 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski