RIC VII, THESSALONICA [after 168], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CONSTANTINI AVG], BUST TYPE E5

OBVERSE	ANEPIGRAPHIC (no legend); head r. with rosette-diadem, looking upwards.
REVERSE	VIRTVSCO-NSTANTINIAVG [VIRTVS CONSTANTINI AVG]; Emperor in military dress, stg. l., holding trophy in r. hand; to l. and r., seated captive. SMTS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. Listed in Depeyrot (p. 113, no. 12/1; one example from Leningrad shown below). Should be listed in RIC after THESSALONICA 168. See also: THESSALONICA [after 168], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [VIRTVS CONSTANTINI AVG], BUST TYPE B1

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.51 g. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 27 (lot 512) in May 2004 for CHF 11,000; sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100 (lot 640) in May 2017 for CHF 24,000. Other specimens: - from a private collection; weight 4.60 g; rev. legend break N-S [click for picture]. - Leningrad specimen cited by Depeyrot; rev. legend break N-S; the same dies [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Lars Ramskold].