
RIC VII, LYONS [after 62], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [K3 l.]
OBVERSE
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IMPCONSTANTINVSAVG [IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea, eagle-tipped sceptre in r. hand [K3 l.].
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REVERSE
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SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., looking l., chlamys across l. shoulder and hanging behind, raising r. hand, globe in l. A in left field, S 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 1a and this rev. type (p. 126). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 62.
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NOTES
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Weight 2.70 g; diameter 18.3 mm. Sold on Demeter Coins auction 22 (lot 443) in September 2024 for EUR 60. Now in Constantine Venetis' collection.
Other specimens:
- sold on eBay in Novemeber 2018 for EUR 102; weight 3.60 g; diameter 17-19 mm; reading of obv. legend not quite certain [click for picture].
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