RIC VII, LONDON 123, CONSTANTINE II, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N]

OBVERSE	FLCLCONSTANTINVSIVNNC [FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., seen from back.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. S over star in left field, P in right field. PL:N in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 123 except for two dots in m.m. In footnote to LONDON 123 on p. 104 Bruun mentions similar variety but records m.m. as a defective PLON ("The m.m. is really PL:N, the 2 dots being what remains of an original O in PLON. The other letters are quite distinct. A slight shadow to the left of the dots could be interpreted as the left side of O"). The present author definitely rejects such speculations: there are undoubtedly just two dots (sometimes one of them could be worn). Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variant of (8.10.012 (2)). Note also that there is an error in RIC: cross in left field instead of star (see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 104). See also: LONDON [after 119], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON 120, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON [before 121], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON 121, CRISPUS, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N]

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Weight 2.59 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on CNG eAuction 526 (lot 711) in November 2022 for USD 190. Other specimens: - sold on eBay in January 2014 for EUR 15.28; weight 2.64 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk].