RIC VII, LYONS [before 258], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	GLOR-IAEXERC-ITVS [GLORIA EXERCITVS]; two soldiers stg. facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them two standards. Wreath PLG in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for CONSTANTIUS II [rarity R5] (p. 139). Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (no. 240). Should be listed in RIC before LYONS 258.

NOTES

Weight 2.51 g; diameter 16 mm. Sold on CGB E-auction 369 (lot 281840) in May 2020 for EUR 25. Other specimens: - from Adrian Marsden's collection [click for picture]; - from: Vincent Drost, "The Seaton Down hoard (UK, Devon): c. 22,900 Constantinian nummi", XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015. Proceedings, ed. Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Roma - Messina 2017, p. 739, fig. 6 [click for picture].