RIC VII, LYONS [after 43], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]
OBVERSE
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CONSTANTI-NVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].
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REVERSE
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SOLIINVIC-[TOCO]MITI [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 - K3 l. Not attested for obv. legend 1h (p. 125). Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 256, no. 586). Coin should be listed after LYONS 43.
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NOTES
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Weight 3.64 g. Coin sold on CNG auction 76 (lot 3369) in September 2007 for USD 190; sold on Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2023 Global Showcase Auction (lot 53458) for USD 140.
Other specimens:
- from Collection Claude Pisana no. 496; weight 3.44 g; diameter 21.30 mm; obv. legend unbroken [click for picture];
- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXIV, no. 586b); weight 3.10 g [click for picture];
- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate LXIV, no. 586a); weight 1.98 g (sic!); obv. legend break A-N [click for picture].
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