7-4047

RIC VII, LONDON [after 220], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANT-INVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K2 l.].

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1a (p. 111). Note that trabea could be regarded as elaborate cuirass. But see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90 and CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 111. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 111. Note unusual legend breaks on obverse and reverse. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.03.003; not illustrated). Should be listed in RIC after corrected LONDON 220.

See also:
LONDON [after 220], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2 l.]

NOTES

Weight 3.08 g; diameter 19 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 575 (lot 685) in November 2024 for USD 425. Now in Victor Clark's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski