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RIC VII, LONDON 82, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea.
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REVERSE
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SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l. in quadriga, seen from front, raising r. hand, globe and whip in l. S in left field, P in right field. MSL in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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[CORRECTION]. RIC lists this type with bust B5 (cuirass) probably after Maurice who was wrong (see his Numismatique constantinienne, vol. II, p. 40, II.1). Actually, bust is K1 (trabea). Listed in Cloke-Toone with this correction (8.07.029).
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NOTES
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Weight 2.50 g; diameter 20 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. Coin sold on CNG Feature Sale 120 (lot 946) in May 2022 for USD 850.
Other specimens:
- from Maurice, Numismatique constantinienne, vol. II, plate II, no. 2; weight 2.60 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].
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