7-1652

RIC VII, LYONS [after 123], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

DNCONSTANTINOIVNNC [D N CONSTANTINO IVN N C]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].

REVERSE

VIRTVS-EXERCIT [VIRTVS EXERCIT]; standard inscribed VOT/XX in two lines; captive std. on either side. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l.. Not attested for obv. legend 7a (p. 130). Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (p. 147, no. 63). Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 123.

NOTES

Weight 2.95 g; diameter 18 mm. From VCoins (Romae Aeternae Numismatics).

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate IV, no. 63b); weight 3.64 g [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate IV, no. 63a); weight 3.33 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski