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RIC VII, LONDON 264, CONSTANTINE I, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., helmeted, cuir.

REVERSE

BEAT•TRA-N•QLITAS [BEAT • TRAN•QLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Coin similar to LONDON 264 except for dots in rev. legend and another dot in m.m. Note that sometimes there is only one dot (N•Q). Note also that variety without dots is significantly rarer. Listed in Collezione Sabetta (p. 47, no. 44). Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.05.011) together with LONDON 264 .

NOTES

Weight 3.23 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin (wrongly attributed) sold on CNG eAuction 410 (lot 407) in November 2017 for USD 136.

Other specimens:

- from Collezione Sabetta (plate 2, no. 44); weight 2.83 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture];

- sold on CNG eAuction 516 (lot 651) in May 2022 for USD 1,100 [lot of 13 coins]; only one dot [click for picture];

- from Agora Auctions auction 35 (lot 292), June 2015; weight 2.74 g; diameter 20 mm; only one dot; obv. legend break T-I [lot of 13 coins]; only one dot [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski