RIC VII, ROME [after 176], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [D7], OFFICINA T

OBVERSE	CONST-ANTINVSAVG [CONSTANTINVS AVG]; bust r., high-crested helmet (bowl-shaped), cuir. [D7].
REVERSE	[VIRT]V-SAVGG [VIRTVS AVGG]; camp gate with three turrets, gate closed; varying number of stone layers. P in left field, R in right field. RT in exergue (officina letter uncertain).
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE - D7. Not attested for obv. legend 1 and this rev. type (p. 316). For varieties of Constantine's helmets from ROME 143-193 emission see CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 348. Coin should be listed after ROME 176. See also: ROME [after 176], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA P ROME [after 176], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA S ROME [after 176], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE, OFFICINA Q

NOTES

Weight 3.04 g; diameter 18 mm. Sold on Savoca Numismatik 2nd Black Auction (lot 161) in February 2020 for GBP 130. Other specimens: - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3061) in March 2023 for CHF 140; weight 3.00 g; diameter 18 mm; bowl-shaped helmet with long crest [click for picture]; - ex Lars Ramskold; sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 25 (lot 3060) in March 2023 for CHF 170; weight 3.29 g; diameter 18 mm; bowl-shaped helmet with long crest [click for picture]; - sold on Lucernae Numismatics auction XI (lot 584) in February 2023 for EUR 100; helmet with long crest; weight 2.55 g; diameter 18 mm; obv. legend break S-T [click for picture]; - from FORVM ANCIENT COINS; posted by young (attribution not quite certain); helmet with long crest; weight 2.40 g; diameter 18 mm; obv. legend break S-T [click for picture].