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RIC VII, LYONS [after 43], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSPAVG [CONSTANTINVS P AVG]; bust l., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].

REVERSE

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.

NOT IN RIC

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.

NOTES

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].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski