7-3463

RIC VII, THESSALONICA [before 173], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED ISSUE [GLORIA CONSTANTINI AVG]

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTI-NVSMAXAVG [CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG]; bust r., rosette-diadem, dr., cuir.

REVERSE

GLORIACONS-TANTINIAVG [GLORIA CONSTANTINI AVG]; Emperor in military dress, advancing r., trophy across l. shoulder, transverse spear in r. hand; to l. and r., seated captive. MTS in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Not attested in RIC. For rev. type cf. earlier medallion THESSALONICA 163 with different obv. Listed in Depeyrot in "Les médaillons" section on p. 154 (after RIC NICOMEDIA 166; this specimen). Coin should be listed in RIC before THESSALONICA 173.

NOTES

AV medallion of 1½ solidi. Weight 6.72 g. Coin sold on Bank Leu auction 20 (lot 397) in April 1978 for CHF 80,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski