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RIC VII, LONDON 225, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand.

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

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 225 except for dot in rev. legend. This minor variant is not attested in Cloke-Toone.

See also:
LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY
LONDON [before 224], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K2 l.] AND REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

NOTES

Weight 3.47 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 49 (lot 803) in June 2011 for EUR 175.

Other specimens:

- from CNG Coin Shop (no. 839160), sold for USD 135; weight 2.85 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend break I-N [click for picture];

- from CGB E-shop (brm_326524), sold for EUR 175; weight 3.47 g; diameter 19 mm; obv. legend break T-I [click for picture];

- from Brent Upchurch's collection; obv. legend break I-N [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski