7-2011

RIC VII, LYONS [after 182], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5], MINTMARK VARIETY [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir. [B5].

REVERSE

BEATATRA-NQVILLITAS [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 - B5, MINTMARK VARIETY. Bust type not attested for obv. legend 7c (p. 133). Also additional dots in m.m. are not expected. Probably an ancient imitation.

NOTES

Weight 2.39 g; diameter 18.5 mm. Sold on CGB E-auction 389 (lot 301506) in September 2020 for EUR 44. Cf. another specimen from the same obv. die: LYONS [after 231]/225, CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5], HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski