RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 172], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [E9 var.]

OBVERSE	DNCONSTANTINVSPFAVG [D N CONSTANTINVS P F AVG]; bust r., pearl-diadem, cuir.
REVERSE	VICTORIACONSTANTINIAVG [VICTORIA CONSTANTINI AVG]; Victory std. r. on cuir., shield, inscribing VOT/XXX on shield supported by Genius. SMN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attestted in RIC. Similar to bust type E9 except for the lack of drapery (paludamentum). Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 172. See also: NICOMEDIA 172, CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION]

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AV fraction (probably of 1½ scripula or 9 siliquae). Weight 1.70 g. Coin sold on Morton & Eden auction 68 (lot 126) in June 2014 for GBP 2,600.