7-1901

RIC VII, LYONS [after 9], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B5]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSPFAVG [CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., laur., cuir. [B5].

REVERSE

SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. r., looking l., raising r. hand, chlamys spread, holding globe. S in left field, F in right field. PLG in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B5. Not attested for this type of rev. and obv. legend 1c (p. 122). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Coin should be listed after LYONS 9.

NOTES

Weight 3.68 g. From: Huvelin, H., Brenot, C., Callu, J.P., "Trouvaille constantinienne au cabinet des médailles de Lausanne", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau 1978, no. 57, p. 191, no. 273 and picture 273 on plate 54.

Other specimens:

- from CGB E-shop (brm_488102), sold for EUR 20; Chitry Hoard (no. 612); weight 3.75 g; diameter 21 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski