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RIC VII, LONDON [after 246], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2 l.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAG [CONSTANTINVS AG]; bust l., laur., cuir., eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K2 l.].

REVERSE

BEATTRA-NQLITAS [BEAT TRANQLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. F in left field, B in right field. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K2 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1c (p. 112). Cuirass may be sometimes regarded as trabea. See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 90. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.06.013). Should be listed in RIC after LONDON 246.

NOTES

Weight 3.00 g; diameter 18 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2016 for GBP 48.

Other specimens:

- sold on Art Coins Roma (Bertolami Fine Art) auction 9 (lot 827) in April 2014 for EUR 80; sold on CNG eAuction 526 (lot 703) in November 2022 for USD 150; weight 2.85 g; diameter 19.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in November 2024 for EUR 57.86; weight 2.70 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from Phil Edmonds' collection; weight 3.46 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in June 2011 for USD 58.89; now in Brent Upchurch's collection; diameter 20 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 3.40 g; diameter 18-19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski