RIC VII, CONSTANTINOPLE [before 5], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E4]

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with plain diadem, looking upwards [E4].
REVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; Victory advancing l., holding wreath, palm branch. CONS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - E4. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 570). Emission 1 (326) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver. RIC lists for this type bust E5 (rosette-diadem). Cf. CONSTANTINOPLE 5 (NAC 92, lot 692, 2.72 g) and another example of CONSTANTINOPLE 5 (Solidus Numismatik 35, lot 123, 3.30 g, 19 mm) with slightly different diadem (probably later stage of development). But note that CONSTANTINOPLE 5 in fact belongs to a separate later issue. Emission 2 (328) in Ramskold - Constantinople silver. Coin should be listed in RIC before CONSTANTINOPLE 5.

NOTES

Siliqua. Weight 3.14 g; diameter 18.6 mm. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 40278). Other specimens: - sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 122 (lot 2273) in March 2003 for EUR 580; weight 3.51 g [click for picture]. - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5058) in July 2023 for CHF 420; weight 2.88 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5057) in July 2023 for CHF 850; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 28 (lot 4350) in December 2023 for CHF 700; weight 3.07 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Ibercoin online auction 41 (lot 2227) in October 2020 for EUR 360; weight 3.00 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture].