7-662

RIC VII, LYONS [after 17], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [G2 l.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., cuir., spear across r. shoulder [G2 l.].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., raising r. hand, chlamys across l. shoulder, holding globe. T in left field, F in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - G2 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 123). Coin should be listed after LYONS 17.

NOTES

Weight 2.47 g; diameter 21.5 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 392) in October 2006 for EUR 300.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in August 2010 for USD 76; weight 3.17 g [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 5544) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski