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RIC VII, LYONS [after 17], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 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 - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1b (p. 123). Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 47, no. 550Β); another specimen cited in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 134). Coin should be listed in RIC after LYONS 17.

NOTES

Weight 3.21 g; diameter 19 mm. From Nicola Tammaro's collection.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in November 2012 for USD 20.16; now in Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 2.98 g; diameter 20.3-20.8 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in May 2011 for EUR 300; weight 3.32 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- sold on eBay in September 2014 for EUR 121; weight 3.0 g; diameter 20.5 mm [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon - supplément I (plate IX, no. 550β); weight 2.82 g [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXVI, no. 550β b); weight 2.77 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski