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RIC VII, LYONS [before 40], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [G1 l. var.]
  
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OBVERSE
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CONSTANTI-NVSMAXA-VG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust l., laur., dr. (with traces of cuirass?), spear across r. shoulder [G1 l. var.].
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REVERSE
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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.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED BUST TYPE - G1 l. var. Bust type similar to G1 (draped only) or G2 (cuirassed only) but not attested in RIC VII. Coin should not be confused with LYONS 40 (from Bastien Lyon (294-316); plate LXIV, no. 581; bust marked F*5) with bust G2 l. Listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 134, no. 581α; bust F*5 var. "(haste) avec paludamentum").
Note, however, that similar bust type (but with different obv. legend) is listed in Bastien Lyon - supplément II (p. 134, no. 581β) as bust F*4 "(sceptre)") which in turn seems to be identical with bust on Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 47, no. 576α), but this time marked (apparently in error) as F*6, i.e. as turned right - but also with shield on l. arm. See also: LYONS [before 30].
Additionally, Bastien lists another virtually identical type in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (p. 48. no. 579β) with bust marked as F*, i.e. also with shield on l. arm ("bouclier sur l'épaule gauche"). If there is really a shield, this bust type should be marked in RIC as G5 l. var. It is significantly different from bust G5 l. on LYONS 41 (from Bastien Lyon (294-316); plate LXIV, no. 580; bust marked F*1) and therefore still unlisted.
The present author decided to list together all these bust varieties with the same obv. legend. This merged type should be listed in RIC before LYONS 40 or (if with shield) before LYONS 41.
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NOTES
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Weight 3.05 g; diameter 20 mm. Coin sold on CGB Monnaies 27 (lot 401) in October 2006 for EUR 380.
Other specimens:
- from Bastien Lyon - supplément II (plate XXXVII, no. 581α); weight 3.50 g [click for picture];
- from Sternberg auction XV (lot 716), April 1985 (bust descibed in auction catalogue as: "mit geschulterter Lanze n.l., drapiert und gepanzert"); weight 3.00 g; shown in Bastien Lyon - supplément I (plate IX, no. 579β) [click for picture].
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