7-510

RIC VII, NICOMEDIA [after 85], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED FOR RULER

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBC [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

VIRTVS-CAESARIN [VIRTVS CAESARI N]; prince holding shield on arm, cloak flying, galloping r., charging kneeling enemy with spear; under horse, another enemy with shield. SMNM in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this type only for Crispus [NICOMEDIA 84-85] (p. 614). Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 85.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.49 g. Coin sold on Nomos auction 1 (lot 167) in May 2009 for CHF 28,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 106 Part I (lot 1063) in May 2018 for CHF 15,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski