RIC VII, LYONS [after 90], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [L3]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTANTINOIVNNOBC [D N CONSTANTINO IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., raising r. hand, globe in l. hand [L3].
REVERSE	VICTORIAELAETPRINCPERP [VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP]; two Victories facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar of varying design. P two captives L in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - L3. Not attested for obv. legend 7b (p. 128). Note that according to Bastien (Bastien Lyon (318-337), footnote 5 on p. 140), specimen from Vienna cited in RIC as LYONS 89 has actually obv. legend D N CONSTANTINO IVN NOB C (7b in RIC), not ...NOB CAES (7a in RIC). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 128. Listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (p. 140, no. 22). Should be listed in RIC after LYONS 90.

NOTES

Weight 2.41 g; diameter 17.5 mm. Coin from CGB Monnaies 41 (lot 1331), November 2009. Other specimens: - sold on CNG Mail Bid Sale 58 (lot 1365) in September 2001 for USD 625; weight 3.45 g; shown in Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate XXXVIII, no. 22b) [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in January 2017 for EUR 19.50; now in Tomasz Speier's collection; weight 3.24 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Guy Braun [click for picture]; - from Bastien Lyon (318-337) (plate II, no. 22); weight 2.16 g [click for picture].