7-2718

RIC VII, ROME [after 84], CONSTANTINE II, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

CLARITA-SR-EIPV[BLICAE] [CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE]; Sol rad., advancing l., raising r. hand, holding globe in l., chlamys flying. A in left field. RP in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. Specimen similar to ROME 84 except for Sol holding globe instead of whip. RIC lists also another type of rev. for Claritas series - with globe and whip [ROME 85; bust type A4], but not with globe only. Coin should be listed after ROME 84.

NOTES

Weight 3.07 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on eBay in October 2018 for EUR 11.50. Now in Janusz Kamiński's collection.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski