7-2240

RIC VII, LYONS [after 183], CONSTANTINE II, BUST TYPE VARIETY [I1 l. var.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust l., laur., cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand [I1 l. var.].

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

BUST TYPE VARIETY. Similar to bust type on LYONS 183 [I1 l.] but l. hand is not visible. Note VO/TIS on altar instead of VOT/IS. See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89-90. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 142, no. 129α). Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 183.

NOTES

Weight 3.14 g; diameter 19 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_248679), sold for EUR 580.

Other specimens:

- from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXIX, no. 129α a); weight 3.38 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski