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RIC VII, LYONS [after 179], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [M2 l. var.]
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTINVS•IVN•COS•II [CONSTANTINVS • IVN • COS • II]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, holding Victory on globe in r. hand [M2 l. var.].
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REVERSE
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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.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - M2 l. var.. Not attested for obv. legend 7b (p. 133). Similar to bust M2 except for Victory on globe instead of globe only. Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (p. 160, no. 139). Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 179.
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NOTES
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Weight 3.20 g. From Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate IX, no. 139a).
Other specimens:
- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.2136); weight 3.40 g; diameter 19 mm; shown in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate IX, no. 139b) [click for picture];
- from the collection of Guy Braun; weight 2.63 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].
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