RIC VII, LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2 l.] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTANT-INVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K2 l.].
REVERSE	BEATA•TRAN-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 - K2 l. AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 111). But see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90 and CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 111. Note also dot in rev. legend after BEATA. This minor variant is not attested in Cloke-Toone. Coin should be listed before LONDON 224. See also: LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2] LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2 l.]

NOTES

Weight 3.26 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on Numismatik Naumann auction 108 (lot 971) in October 2021 for EUR 50. Other specimens: - from CNG coinshop (no. 837719), sold for USD 85; weight 2.88 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend break N-T [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 204 (lot 374) in February 2009 for USD 187 [lot of 5 coins]; rev. legend break A-N [click for picture]; - from TimeLine Originals; obv. legend break N-T [click for picture]; - from Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 5 (lot 776, LC 162), May 2012; weight 2.53 g; diameter 19 mm; obv. legend break N-T [click for picture]; - from eBay, June 2015 (note that dot in rev. legend is hardly visible); weight 3.24 g; diameter 21 mm; rev. legend break A-N [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.194); weight 2.57 g; obv. legend break N-T [click for picture].