7-1085

RIC VII, ARLES -/-, CONSTANTINE I, HYBRID, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3] AND REVERSE [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3].

REVERSE

CNLICINIAVGVSTI [C (sic!) N LICINI AVGVSTI]; in laurel wreath VOT/X. S[star over crescent]A in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3] AND REVERSE, HYBRID. Obverse similar to ARLES 239 except for bust type K3 instead of B1 with reverse similar to ARLES 240 except for VOT/X instead of VOT/XX. Note retrograde "C" (instead of "D") and retrograde "N" in rev. legend. Apparently an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.50 g. Coin sold on eBay in November 2010 for USD 150.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski