RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 133], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1b] AND BUST TYPE [E8]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVH [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG] [1b]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr. cuir. [E8].
REVERSE	GLORIARO-MANORVM [GLORIA ROMANORVM]; Roma std. l. on cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand, sceptre in l. hand; behind her, shield. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [1b] AND BUST TYPE - E8. Not attested in RIC but cf. NICOMEDIA 133 (BM 1853,0512.218, 8.14 g) with similar rev. Listed in Depeyrot in "Les médaillons" section on p. 154 as RIC 133v. Should be listed in RIC after NICOMEDIA 133.

NOTES

AV medallion of 2 solidi. Weight 9.07 g; diameter 27 mm. Coin sold on Künker auction 100 (lot 81) in June 2005 for EUR 58,000; sold by CNG Coin Shop (no. 784744) for USD 87,500. Other specimens: - sold on MDC Monaco auction 15 (lot 186) in October 2024 for EUR 100,000; weight 9.01 g; diameter 28.5 mm [click for picture]; - from: Miloje Vasić, Vladislav Popović, "Un trésor de monnaies d'or de Sirmium", Mélanges de l'école française de Rome. Antiquité 1975, no. 1, p. 432, no. 32; weight 8.98 g; diameter 29 mm [click for picture].