7-1870

RIC VII, LONDON 260, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSIVNNC [CONSTANTINVS IVN N C]; bust l., rad., dr., cuir., raising r. hand.

REVERSE

BEAT[TRA]-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

[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type with bust L5 l. but there is no globe in Caesar's l. hand. Note also that bust is rather draped and cuirassed than trabeate and that the decoration on l. arm is not a shield. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.06.028; not illustrated) with annotation that all known specimens have "no sign of a globe". Bust should be marked in RIC as L1 l.

NOTES

Weight 3.01 g; diameter 20.5 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 580 (lot 730) in February 2025 for USD 700.

Other specimens:

- from the Late Roman Bronze Coin Forum; posted by Victor; weight 2.10 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from CNG auction 47 (lot 2032), September 1998; weight 2.71 g [click for picture];

- from Numismatik Lanz auction 154 (lot 514), June 2012 (coin heavily tooled); weight 2.48 g [click for picture];

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2012,4246.34); weight 3.53 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski