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RIC VII, LONDON [before 141], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir. [B5].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. Crescent in left field. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B5. Not attested for obv. legend 1d (p. 105). Listed in Bourton Hoard (no. 1463). Listed in Cloke-Toone (8.11.030). Should be listed in RIC before LONDON 141.

NOTES

Weight 3.56 g; diameter 19.17-19.88 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Sold on eBay in December 2007 for EUR 15; posted on FORVM ANCIENT COINS; Hooverman's collection.

Other specimens:

- sold on CNG eAuction 516 (lot 647) in May 2022 for USD 425 [lot of 15 coins] [click for picture];

- from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; Mauseus' collection [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2007 for USD 92.53 [click for picture];

- from: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 16. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (I)", Money Trend 2011, no. 6, p. 193, no. 15; weight 3.26 g; diameter 19.4-20.3 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski