7-2539

RIC VII, ROME [before 84], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [A2]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTINVSIVNNOBCAES [CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB CAES]; bust r., bare head, dr., cuir., seen from back [A2].

REVERSE

CLARITAS-R-EIPVBLICAE [CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE]; Sol rad., advancing l., raising r. hand, whip in l., chlamys flying. A in left field. RS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - A2. Not attested for obv. legend 7 (p. 307). Coin should be listed before ROME 84.

NOTES

Weight 2.96 g; diameter 19 mm. Ex Lars Ramskold. Sold on Leu Numismatik web auction 30 (lot 2796) in July 2024 for CHF 110.

Other specimens:

- from: Dr. Wendelin Kellner, "Ungewöhnliche und irreguläre Römermünzen. 16. Teil: Constantinische Zeit (I)", Money Trend 2011, no. 6, p. 193, no. 25; weight 2.88 g; diameter 18.9-19.9 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski