7-1759

RIC VII, ARLES [after 69], 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

TRBPCONSIIII-PPPROCONSVL [TRB P CONS IIII P P PROCONSVL]; Emperor std. l. on curule chair, holding globe and short sceptre. S in left field, F in right field. Q(?)ARL in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for this type. Rev. similar to ARLES 69 (Maurice, ii, pl. V, no. 11, cited in RIC). Listed in Ferrando (p. 105, no. 358). Coin should be listed after ARLES 69.

NOTES

Weight 3.20 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2014 for EUR 1,021 [Thanks to the collaboration of Manuel Pina].

Other specimens:

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 51741) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski