RIC VI, TREVERI [after 885], CONSTANTINE, UNLISTED ISSUE [MARTI CONSERVATORI]

OBVERSE	IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	MARTICONSERVATO-RI [MARTI CONSERVATORI]; Bust of Mars l., helmeted, draped and cuirassed, spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC lists similar unmarked issue but with smaller bust of Mars r., helmeted and cuirassed (no spear and shield) [TREVERI 877-885] (p. 227). General note from p. 161-162: "The theme of Mars and Sol appears even more emphatically on a very common double series, in Constantine's name alone, with reverses Martii Conservatori, bust of Mars, and Soli Invicto Comiti, bust of Sol: the portrait style is indubitably that of Trier. Examples of lover weight fall after Maximinus' death". See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 227. Type listed in Cohen (vol. VII, p. 267, no. 331). Listed in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (p. 80, no. 1363). Should be listed in RIC after TREVERI 885.

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Weight 4.75 g; diameter 24 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 132 (lot 522) in November 2006 for EUR 1,800. Now in Brent Upchurch's collection [see another picture of this rare specimen]. Shown in Saint-Colombier-en-Sarzeau Hoard (plate XIX, no. 1363). Other specimens: - from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in April 2010 for USD 214.87 [click for picture]; - from Ancients.info; posted by rol69 [click for picture].