7-661

RIC VII, LYONS [after 38], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE [M2 l.]

   

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSMAXPAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX P AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, holding globe [M2 l.].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. hand. TF in left field, star in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND BUST TYPE - M2 l. Neither obv. legend nor bust type M2 l. is attested for this issue (p. 124-125). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 38.

NOTES

Weight 3.17 g; diameter 19.5 mm. Coin sold on Elsen auction 85 (lot 391) in September 2005 for EUR 280; sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 400) in October 2006 for EUR 505.

Other specimens:

- from CGB Live Auction (brm_440030), September 2017; Chitry Hoard (no. 2076); weight 2.88 g; diameter 20 mm; obv. legend unbroken (?) [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski