RIC VII, ROME [after 159], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H12 l. var.]

OBVERSE	CONSTANTI-NVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust l., high-crested helmet, cuir., sceptre (?) across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H12 l. var.].
REVERSE	SAE[C]VLIF-ELICITAS [SAECVLI FELICITAS]; shield with AVG on cippus, decorated with garland. P in left field, R in right field. RT in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H12 l. var. Not attested for this rev. type and obv. legend 1 (p. 315). Note sceptre instead of spear. But note also that some details on obverse were probably affected by tooling, so the sceptre may be in fact a distorted spear. For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348. Coin should be listed after ROME 159. See also: ROME [after 159], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H12 l.]

NOTES

Weight 2.91 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Savoca Numismatik 7th blue auction (lot 987) in November 2019 for GBP 550. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 26 (lot 5279) in July 2023 for CHF 340.