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RIC VII, ARLES [after 146], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].

REVERSE

SOLIINV-I-CTOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, globe in l. hand, raising r. C in left field, S in right field. SARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1 and this rev. type (p. 248-249). Not listed in Ferrando. Should be listed in RIC after ARLES 146.

NOTES

Weight 3.20 g; diameter 20 mm. Sold on eBay in September 2017 for EUR 266 [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk].

Other specimens:

- from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 3.90 g; diameter 20-21 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in September 2018 for EUR 87; weight 2.71 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in August 2014 for EUR 200; weight 2.70 g; diameter 18 mm; rev. legend breaks N-VI-C [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski