7-2352

RIC VII, LONDON [after 173], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [L5 l.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., rad., wearing trabea, raising r. hand, globe in l. hand [L5 l.].

REVERSE

VICTORIAELAETAEPRINCPERP [VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP]; two Victories facing one another, holding vota shield inscribed VOT/PR above altar decorated with wreath. PLN in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - L5 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1g (p. 108). Note that this bust could be described as cuirassed and draped, i.e. as a variety of bust type L4 l. Also, the globe in l. hand is hardly visible. See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 108. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.01.025; this coin). Should be listed in RIC after LONDON 173.

NOTES

Weight 3.00 g; diameter 20 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collection (reg. no. 18244555).


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski