RIC VII, LONDON 207, CONSTANTINE I, BUST VARIETY

OBVERSE	CONSTA-NTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., rad., cuir., eagle-tippet sceptre in r. hand.
REVERSE	BEATATRA-NQVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. P in left field, A in right field. PLON in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	BUST VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 207 (ACR 6, lot 1213, 3.69 g, 19 mm) except for cuirass instead of trabea. Listed in Cloke-Toone (second edition) (9.04.007.3; illustrated). However, it is still a matter of opinion whether on some specimens is cuirass somehow resembling trabea or another variety of trabea which resembles cuirass. Cf. also another example of LONDON 207 from Victor Clark's collection.

NOTES

Weight 3.05 g; diameter 19 mm. From ACR auction 6 (lot 1214), December 2012. Other specimens: - from Constantine Ventis' collection; ex Nicola Tammaro; weight 3.50 g; diameter 19 mm; plate coin in Cloke-Toone (second edition), described as cuirassed but cf. LONDON [after 207] with very similar bust which is described in Cloke-Toone (second edition) as trabeate [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 582 (lot 761) in March 2025 for USD 180; weight 2.42 g; diameter 19 mm; bust described by CNG as cuirassed [click for picture].