RIC VII, LYONS [after 159], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

OBVERSE	CONSTAN-TINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].
REVERSE	BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. C in left field, R in right field. PLG in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1 (p. 132). Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (p. 156, no. 111). Coin should be listed after LYONS 159.

NOTES

Weight 2.60 g; diameter 18-20 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2020 for GBP 350. Now in Guy Braun's collection. Other specimens: - from CGB E-shop (brm_248676), sold for EUR 225; weight 2.75 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Demeter Coins auction 24 (lot 19) in October 20204 for EUR 55; weight 2.83 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in November 2020 for GBP 250; weight 3.10 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Münz Zentrum Rheinland auction 194 (lot 969) in September 2021 for EUR 64; weight 2.85 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Jacquier auction 48 (lot 1490) in September 2020 for EUR 50; weight 2,73 g [click for picture]; - from Collection Claude Pisana no. 599; weight 3.06 g [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in February 2015 for EUR 22.50; weight 2.10 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from eBay, December 2013; weight 2.821 g; diameter 21.1 mm [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate VII, no. 111a); weight 3.02 g [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (318-337), (plate VII, no. 111b); weight 2.97 g [click for picture]; - from CGB E-shop (brm_616608); weight 2.46 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture]; - from Constantine Ventis' collection; weight 2.45 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture]; - from Ermsdorf hoard (FMRL I, no. 721; p. 252 and plate XIV) [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]; - sold on eBay in January 2016 for USD 7.51; weight 1.6 g; diameter 16-17 mm; obv. legend break I-N; VOT/IS on rev.; probably an ancient imitation [click for picture].